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Good Evening, Vietnam
Reflections on WSDC 2023
Aug 8, 2023
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July 2023
UWC Reflections, Part II
The good things
Jul 2, 2023
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Annushka
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June 2023
Reflections on UWC, Part I
1. Boring but necessary context on UWC (skip this if you already know) The United World College movement comprises a set of 18 international schools…
Jun 12, 2023
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Annushka
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April 2023
The valorisation of suffering
On the overrepresentation of orphans in children’s media, and other social oddities
Apr 11, 2023
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Annushka
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February 2023
If people wrote about other things the way they write about particle physics
Paying homage to K.A. Tsokos
Feb 25, 2023
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Annushka
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Juan and Carlos discuss ethical egoism at a Loblaws
An authentic glimpse into my IB philosophy class
Feb 13, 2023
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Annushka
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January 2023
On the Turnaway Study
Speculations on why 38% of women change their minds a week after abortion denial, and other things
Jan 29, 2023
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Annushka
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December 2022
On "A Thousand Splendid Suns"
1. I read A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini this week. Each review on the back of the book tries to capture the book in a theme or two. USA…
Dec 30, 2022
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Annushka
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June 2022
On "Good Arguments" (and Bad Ones)
1. "Arguments require us to disclose ourselves in a way that physical brawls or simple forbearance do not. In conflict with the world, we discover the…
Jun 24, 2022
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Annushka
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Eelgrass and a Confucian Contradiction
Confucius once said that everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. I was vaguely persuaded by this precept until I was recently attacked, upon…
Jun 13, 2022
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Annushka
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December 2020
An Assortment of Silences
There’s a short story by Heinrich Böll that I like, titled “Murke’s Collected Silences.” Set in postwar Germany, it follows a radio editor named Dr…
Dec 28, 2020
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Annushka
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November 2020
On Pet Rocks, Halloween, and Growing Up
The other day, my Grade 11 advisor announced that our class would be spending last period on a Friday making pet rocks. It was a declaration I expected…
Nov 11, 2020
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On Pet Rocks, Halloween, and Growing Up
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