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Bridging Worlds: First Steps — Now Available for Download
ISBN: ISBN 978-1-0698406-1-5 I’m excited to share a milestone:Bridging Worlds: First Steps, the first volume of my multi-year Bridging Worlds series, now has its official ISBN and is available for download. This book began as my Grade 6 Reading Challenge, where I tried to connect classic novels with contemporary nonfiction and with the questions I was asking…
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Would You Ever Want to Run for Office?
The New York Times once asked students: “Would you ever want to run for office?”. This question invites young people to think about what real leadership requires as discipline, service, and resilience, and to consider whether political life matches their own values. In the essay below, I reflect on what leadership means to me and why…
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How Common Are Curse Words in Your World?
This essay responds to the New York Times Learning Network Current Events Conversation: “How Common Are Curse Words in Your World?” on October 22, 2025. The discussion, inspired by Mark Edmundson’s essay “Why Does Everybody Swear All The Time Now?”, asks how swearing shapes everyday life and whether it still carries meaning. In my response, I explore how curse…
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When Silence Feels Safer Than Truth – A Reflection on Animal Farm
When I read Animal Farm by George Orwell, Clover’s quiet heartbreak reminded me of a moment in my own life when I stayed silent instead of speaking up. This reflection is about that silence: the kind that feels safer at first, but later makes you realize how much truth needs a voice. There was a time when…
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Silence Protects the Powerful, But Speech Protects the Truth
After reading Animal Farm by George Orwell, I couldn’t stop thinking about how silence allows lies to grow stronger. The animals in the story lose their freedom not just because of cruelty, but because fear stops them from speaking the truth. That idea inspired me to write this essay. To connect Orwell’s story to real life, I…
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If This Is Equality — A Narrative Echo on Animal Farm
In this scene, I imagined Clover standing beneath the lantern, realizing how the dream of equality has faded. This piece is my reflection on that moment. Clover stood under the barn’s dim lantern, her breath rising in soft clouds. The wind slipped through the cracks in the wood, and the faint smell of hay mixed…
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Summary of Animal Farm by George Orwell
I wrote this summary of Animal Farm by George Orwell after completing the book. It offers a concise overview of the story and its main ideas. If this summary interests you, I encourage you to read the full novel — it’s a powerful story about truth, power, and freedom. George Orwell’s Animal Farm takes place on Manor…
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Watching Swimming World Cup Finals
This weekend was so fun. My friend won three tickets to the Swimming World Cup Finals in Toronto and invited me and our other friend to go with her. My mom dropped me off at her house and then her dad drove us to the Scarborough Pan Am Centre for the meet. Before we sat…
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