By Tracy GoonetillekeArt by Theone Tiu Slim waist, big butt and chest, today’s beauty standards are jaw dropping for the average woman. For many years, the size 0 body measurements and hourglass figure were things the general public expected “beautiful” women to have. Along with these came the love for a button nose and glass...Read More

By Divine Grace LlamasArt by Theone Tiu “Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” -Ruth Bader Ginsburg There are a handful of global issues our world has to face. We have poverty, food scarcity, and quality education, which are one of the many sustainable development goals of our global society. These are...Read More

By Sofia Geolingo (Grade 8 – Bonifacio) How to Overcome Procrastination The red dot on the right side of the app was screaming at you to open it. You looked at your notification to find another new assignment waiting. You, who was filled with negative emotions, promised to do it later because you didn’t want...Read More

By Patricia Gaille Tiu (Grade 10 – Luna) From the get-go, the prevalence of backwardness in the Philippines can be found deeply rooted in the system by which ignorance is utilized as a stepping stone to power, by which urgent issues such as poverty and scarcity are left in the dust.  In preceding administrations, we...Read More

By Neriah Keren Ahhi (Grade 9 Mendeleev)  Millions of people have been displaced due to climate change. Marine animals are in danger because of pollution. Forests are declining, and thousands of animals are endangered. These are just among the effects of our actions. Climate change and pollution are two of the biggest environmental threats that...Read More

By Patricia Gaille Tiu (Grade 10 – Luna) “And here comes in the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both; but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between...Read More

By John Alexander C. Agujetas (Grade 9) It should come as no surprise that authors are divisive. Frankly, it’s likely that no other profession has had the profound, mind-altering and thought-provoking effect that authors have caused through the years, all of them in different cultures, affecting different people and their different minds. There’s always room...Read More