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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Reviewed by Daniel, 10

Post Age 12 Published September 21, 2021 by Daniel Zhu

In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson tells the story of a man with a split personality. Wanting to split the bad part of himself from the good, Jekyll develops a poti...
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The Outsiders, Reviewed by Daniel, 12

Post Age 12 Published July 30, 2021 by Daniel Zhu

S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders tells the story of a young teenager named Ponyboy, who is a member of the greasers gang, who is ensnared in a battle with the Socs, the richer people in the neighbo...
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Redwall, Reviewed by Daniel Zhu

Post Age 11 Published July 19, 2021 by Daniel Zhu

In his novel Redwall, Brian Jacques pits a fearful rat named Cluny, who was thought to be a myth, against a relatively small community of peaceful creatures.
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Ramses the Great

Post Age 11 Published June 14, 2021 by Daniel Zhu

Ramses II is considered to be one of the greatest Egyptian pharaohs of all time, earning him the moniker Ramses the Great. He lived somewhere in between 1303 BC and 1213 BC, ruling from 1290 to 1224 B...
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Spartan Education

Post Age 11 Published June 8, 2021 by Daniel Zhu

Sparta's ruthless education may have been controversial, but it made them into one of the most battle-hardened city-states to ever walk the earth. The Spartans' notoriously tough education allowed the...
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What is the Stock Market?

Post Published May 12, 2021 by Daniel Zhu

When you hear the words "stock market," it sounds like a frightening mess that is impossible to make sense of. Bears, bulls, short, call options, IPO–what do all of these things mean?
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Prejudice against women scientists

Post Age 11 Published May 5, 2021 by Daniel Zhu

There are many hardworking scientists who were unfairly denied the recognition they deserved; perhaps one of the more notable examples of this is the case of Rosalind Franklin.
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Trust (Inspired by “Harlem” by Langston Hughes), a poem by Daniel, 10

Post Published June 7, 2020 by Daniel Zhu

Trust (Inspired by "Harlem" by Langston Hughes) Daniel Zhu, 10 What happens to trust vanished? Does it reappear Out of thin air? Does it painfully regrow like a half-alive tree?
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Funding Our National Parks: How America’s Best Idea is Being Left in the Dark by Daniel, 10

Post Published June 3, 2020 by Daniel Zhu

$11.9 billion is the cost of the NPS deferred maintenance. This is because funds keep getting cut, and not a lot of measures have been taken by the government to continue to preserve “America’s ...
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Huh?

Post Published May 11, 2020 by Daniel Zhu

Note: This story is based on real events. Also, it is pretty confusing and has lots of parentheses, hyphens, and commas. After a few minutes of restless turning in bed, I couldn’t stand it any lo...
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A Basketball Game

Post Published May 5, 2020 by Daniel Zhu

"We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.” – Marie Curie.
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Thankfulness: a review of “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” by Grace Lin, by Daniel Zhu, 10

Post Published April 24, 2020 by Daniel Zhu

I have heard the following thought experiment countless times, albeit from different people: you can save your family (including you), or you can save everyone but your family (with the exception of y...
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Thoughts on reading “Bomb” by Steve Sheinkin, by Daniel Zhu, 10

Post Published April 20, 2020 by Daniel Zhu

The successful use of the first atomic bomb greatly relieved many scientists, because it meant that their years of work on it had not gone to waste; yet it also caused them to experience pain and grie...
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The Nintendo Switch: is it really worth it? A review by Daniel Zhu, 10

Post Published April 17, 2020 by Daniel Zhu

Nintendo has a reputation for making good gaming consoles. And when the Nintendo Switch came out, it introduced a whole new way of playing games, with the Switch’s revolutionary Joy-Cons and no-WiFi...
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Unrest in Hong Kong by Daniel, 10

Post Published April 12, 2020 by Daniel Zhu

Trustworthy Inquiry Needed to Restore Order “I've tasted tear gas. I've been hit by a rubber bullet. I set roadblocks.” Seven years ago, this would not be something a typical Hong Kong citizen co...
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Phone Addiction is Strengthening the Human Brain

Post Published February 25, 2020 by Daniel Zhu

Note: this entire blog is satire and should not be taken seriously. A shocking study shows that after people look at their phones, two things happen that go against anything anyone will ever te...
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Is Apple Really as Green as it Seems?

Post Published February 11, 2020 by Daniel Zhu

Every year, around 151 million Apple products are thrown away. This is because they are made explicitly hard to repair, and the constant production of new products encourages Apple users to discard th...
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Charlie

Post Published January 29, 2020 by Daniel Zhu

Have you ever met someone that changed your life by teaching you things that you have never learned before? I have. My friend, Charlie, taught me to explore new things and try things you have never do...
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Undying Glory, Reviewed by Daniel, 10

Post Published January 14, 2020 by Daniel Zhu

Have you ever been discriminated against or treated unfairly for an unjust reason? The 54th “Glory” Regiment definitely was during the Civil War. All the soldiers in this regiment were Black, but ...
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Where’s the Fight, Warriors? It’s all in Game 5 of the NBA Finals

Post Published July 11, 2019 by Daniel Zhu

Where’s the fight, Warriors? It’s all in Game 5 of the NBA Finals By Daniel Zhu, age 10 They Fought Back... In NBA finals 2019, when Warriors lost both games at their home court...
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