Since Zheng He sailed the Indian Ocean and Columbus discovered America, the world has transitioned from an assortment of separate civilizations to an interconnected "Earth village," where people and goods frequently traverse borders. Some have even gone so far as to say that the world is now "flat," thanks to the equalizing effects of a global economy.

Away from world history, how should we, as teenagers in 2024, think about the world in relation to ourselves? And how do we reconcile our

own cultures with what's trending worldwide? As someone who frequents non-Chinese news sources, reads more English books than…

In the pursuit of educational excellence, schools have long turned to the method of separating "smart" kids into a separate class, sometimes with better resources. It is a wonder that societies, which couch their basic principles in terms of equality for all, would permit such an early classification of future citizens into different classes. I contend that such classifications enforce inequality rather than lessen it and do little to justify their

enormous detrimental effect on students' mental health.

For many, education is the only ladder to social advancement. In the rural villages that dot most of the developing world, the…

In this day and age, why do we still listen? When we can send an indignant, vicious, or otherwise expressive comment at the touch of a button, regardless of what we're commenting on, when we can discharge our every ill, every rush-of-the-moment feeling instantaneously, why slow down to do the bothersome, boring thing—thinking?

I watched the red state vs. blue state debate hosted on Fox News last week. In my opinion, it was not an argument; it was a good old-fashioned shouting match. The two contestants in the ring—the Floridian presidential candidate Ron DeSantis and the leading voice of the…

When we watch a movie adapted from a novel, we often find ourselves contemplating the differences between the two, especially if we've read the book. Here's an example: the film The Wandering Earth showcases how one basic story can be told in two different ways. The story takes place in the future when the sun is rapidly degenerating. As nuclear fusion approaches its end, the Solar System is on the brink of nonexistence. To cope with the Solar Crisis, the United Earth Government, succeeding the UN, carries out the Moving Mountain Project (also known as the Wandering Earth Project), with…