This I Believe is a unit where students get to explore themselves to seek the central belief that governs their life. The student then uses their belief statement to compose a personal essay that consists of an anecdote that explains where they got their belief or why they believe what they believe. The student then […]

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (abbreviated and referred as TILOHL for the rest of the post) is a book written by Rebecca Skloot that talks about the science and story behind the famous HeLa cells from Henrietta Lacks. This book is non-fiction that serves both as a research project, memoir, and biography. It allows us […]

Pretty self-explanatory in its name, this unit allowed us to read and interpret Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible in-depth. This is my favorite unit so far because the storyline itself is so well-crafted and intense and the characters are so well-developed. This unit allowed me to inspect the horrifying power of religion and belief and […]

Personal Project (PP) is a MYP assignment in which students get time to explore something they’re interested in and create a meaningful project from it. At the end of the project, students are asked to write a 3000-4500 word report that documents their research process, planning, production of project, and reflection. This summative assessment is […]

What I Learned in this Unit Poetry means something different to everyone. To me, poems, like prose, is something I compose while I’m having a hard time sleeping or thousands of feelings flowing through my mind. In this unit, we not only discovered the power of poetry in terms of personal expression but also the […]

I’m not that petty, seriously. I didn’t know that I’d actually get a chance to observe a fundamental attribution error in real life after having studied it in psychology recently.  One of our clubs has traditionally predetermined positions. Recently, we decided to invite people from other schools to partake our event to get new ideas from […]

Profit Always Comes in the Way In the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the tension between medical progress and privacy has manifested through various examples of how a patient’s cells were taken, often without consent, for experiment or even commercial purposes. While the debate between progress vs ethical issues remains controversial, the least […]

“Only a corrupted society brings out corrupted people” Is that so? What’s the first thing that came into your mind when Abigail Williams is mentioned? Witty? Unscrupulous? Vindictive? All of the above?  In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams was alleged of witchcraft. However, she utilized her manipulative and articulate abilities and played the victim in […]

Why would I contradict myself? Oh yes–for my reputation. Reverend Parris, so prestigious, so honored, so…reputable…? In The Crucible, most characters tend to do what is best for them. In court, there was obviously a conflict emerging between religion and justice. Reverend Parris knew no better. As the minister of Salem, Parris was supposed to […]