By Jessica Wang It wasn’t that I didn’t want to go compete – I had perfected my routines, bought a glorious leotard, and even sat on a…
Learning Quadratics
By Kevin Bao One Christmas break in my 12 year life-span I was learning how to expand and factor things like (a+b)^2 = a^2 + 2ab + b^2….
Coming Up Short
By Andy Luo Throughout my math career, I have struggled with my confidence in myself. In 6th grade I took my first AMC 10 which is a very…
Writer’s Weekend
By Weston Ma I dashed home from school, my head pounding from thinking so hard. It was right before class was dismissed when my teacher…
Cross Country Move
By Jerry Zhang The year was 2015, and I was 7 years old. This was a few days before the move cross country to my new home in North…
Void: The Struggle of Writing a Personal Narrative
By Derek Chang “You gotta be kidding me! How?” I’m struggling to sit in the chair, scratching the carpet, and eventually slamming my head…
The Roller Coaster
By Ben Bian The roller coaster loomed menacingly over our heads, the twisted conglomeration of metal and wood leering at us as we walked…
The Worst Trip
By Emma Jiao The speaker sounded, the captain’s voice sounded out, “We are now arriving at New York City. ” I squeezed past the crowd of…
A Haunted House Indeed
By Adrian Hsu Even though it was the afternoon and the sun was still high, me and my family had arrived at Disney Sea. We had planned to…
A Splinter in my Hand
By Jessie Sha It was a nice sunny summer day in my backyard until I got a splinter in my hand. It all started when I was in my old…