In the last two posts of this series I talked about the influence groups of social media such as Twitter and the false information of vaccines that go around. I also contributed the second post into some data on how vaccines do really help people to avoid harmful diseases. The image seen above of the…
I recently finished reading this book while I was sick. Amongst a pile of tissues and wrapped in a blanket, I found that the book was beautiful, and I regret that I could not appreciate it in more dignified manner… oh well. Frankly, I have no idea how to describe the complex yet wonderfully captivating…
Flaunting supposed moral superiority is an ancient phenomenon. The scriptures speak of Christ’s criticism of the Pharisees who would routinely pray in the streets to show their virtue to the public. The act of praying in the street is strikingly similar to the act of posting a post supporting a righteous cause and acting in…
What is it about? This TV show centres around a character name Eleanor Shellstrop and her experiences in the afterlife. She ends up in the Good Place (a place like heaven) however, she feels surprised yet happy that she ended up there. During her life, she believed that she would end up in the Bad…
Writing notes that are easy to read and understand is essential for studying and reviewing. It can be difficult to study when your notes are a mess and there are random jot-notes sprawled all over your notebook. Ensuring your notes are organized as you’re writing them, will help you stay motivated to study later and…
1. Stop worrying A lot of people experience this especially at night. We’re laying in bed and we start worrying about everything. We look back at our day and we start picking at everything. Something we all need to remember is that things happen for a reason and the things that we experience shape us…
The apparent golden rule when we make moral decisions is to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Yet why are moral decisions so heavily debated? Are we motivated by guilt or by fairness? According to a Radboud University, people may rely on principles of both guilt and fairness and are…
In the last post I decided to talk about some groups on twitter and how these groups exploit people and convince them to not take vaccines. This is the second part of the series. The graph seen above is from “Our World in Data” in which all numbers have been provided by the World Health…
Adel and Hiyam Ghanam along with their three daughters, aged eighteen, sixteen and thirteen, and nine year old son were one of the thousands of Syrian refugee families who came to Canada in 2016. For Adel, living in Aleppo, Syria with all the bombing and danger; he was always worrying about what might happen to…
Let’s take a look at the Alabama Human Life Protection Act which was signed into law on Tuesday by Republican governor Kay Ivey. The bill takes a severe and zero tolerance policy on abortions (with very, very few exceptions) in the state of Alabama. The bill strips women of the right to make their own…
Journalism is a career path I can be quite scared of, yet I can’t look away from it entirely. There is something heroic about writing stories. Since those stories are meant to be factual, there’s a guarantee that a number of people will be caused to think and reflect on the world we live in. Before…
Try to embrace the unknown!
I am honoured to introduce our newest blogger of the month, Donel Kadima! Since joining YAA, Donel has written numerous eye-opening and unique posts that I strongly suggest you check out! A grade 10 student at Ernest Manning high school, Donel is a girl of many talents! Not only a writer with Youth Are Awesome,…
Life can be stressful, especially with an overwhelming schedule. Whether it’s an incredibly tedious and uninteresting assignment or a task that you have been putting off for a week, it is easy to fall into the habit of forcing ourselves to finish a task that must be completed. We begin to ignore the important parts…
Escape rooms or locked rooms whichever name you prefer to give them is a fun way to test to see how smart your team, friend group, family etc. is. I love doing them because I get this rush of adrenaline as my friends and I try to gather the clues and figure out how to…