Video of the Day: People are Awesome
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History lesson: Liberalism
For those who understand French, here’s a little history of liberalism for you, written for a social assignment. Le libéralisme classique, une mode de vie idéalisée par plusieurs pays autour du monde, n’est pas tous ce qu’on imagine; il y a des faiblesses accidentelles et inhérentes qui le rendent moins-que-parfait. Ceci amène à des réactionnaires…
DetailsThe Third World War?
Being Korean, this is an issue that holds great importance to me. My mother still resides in South Korea. To catch you up, on Nov. 23, North Korea shot missiles toward South Korea. Specifically, Yoenpyeong island. They shot at least 200 missiles. South Korea also shot 80 missiles as a counterattack. Because of this artillery…
DetailsA Random Act of Culture: Christmas flash mob, Hallelujah Chorus!
WeiJia and I will be able to have the great chance to see the Calgary Philharmonic Chorus and several soloists perform Handel’s Messiah in the Jack Singer Concert Hall. To ignite some Christmas spirit with song, here’s a uplifting video featuring the Chorus Niagara performing Handel’s Messiah, random flash mob style, in a food court with an…
Details“Into the Wild” book review
Alaska is covered with snow and ice shields, and also excluded from the large territory in the United States. Its boundless wilderness has attracted countless adventurers’ desire. “Into The Wild” describes a young teen who wanted to give his soul to Alaska. In 1992, inside an abandoned bus at Alaska, people found a decomposed body.…
DetailsTorture in a Test
This Saturday concluded my second time writing the SAT Reasoning Test. Recalling the hours used to practice essay writing, to read passages and to solve math problems brings a sense of wasteful nostalgia. Yet after all the countless hours of labour and pain, it is difficult not to reflect and complain. The purpose of writing…
DetailsGreat geeky gifts!
ThinkGeek has everything you’re looking for, whether what you’re looking for is a Harry Potter Wand/TV remote or a set of t-shirts that you can play musical instruments on, they have it all. Here are just a few of their hilarious and also helpful t-shirts: You read my t-shirt. That’s enough social interaction for one…
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History lesson: Samuel de Champlain the Investor
Samuel de Champlain was a wonderful draughtsman, cartographer, ethnologist, soldier, diplomat, geographer, chronicler, explorer, and French navigator. He was nicknamed the Father of New France and he just may have been related to King Henry IIII. But do you know what Champlain really was? He was an investor. Most of the important things he has…
DetailsBill 29: Speak Up!
Alberta been seen as a province that puts its oil above its environment. Especially after being scrutinized by James Cameron in front of an international audience, Alberta is notoriously perceived as a place that doesn’t put much thought to its environmental impact. However, a recent uplifting story can be used to show not to lose…
DetailsArts Around Calgary: Upcoming Events
Christmas is just around the corner, and our lovely city is already blanketed in snow. People are putting Christmas lights everywhere. It feels rather festive already even though a whole bunch of homework and assignments are weighing us poor high school students down deep inside our hearts. Well, no worries, because once winter break hits,…
DetailsScary Movie Review #4: Case 39
I recently got the opportunity to see the movie Case 39. This movie was quite scary, so if you’re planing on seeing it…watch out! This movie’s main character is played by Renee Zellweger, who is a social worker. She gets a call to go check out a house where the parents might be abusive. So…
Details1,000 blogs!
This is officially the 1,000th blog post on Youth Are Awesome, a milestone we are very excited about reaching here at Youth Central! As the coordinator for the program, I’m so proud of this site and what it has become. We came from 5,000 page views in November 2009 to over 38,000 page views last…
DetailsSir Winston Churchill, saint or sinner?
Last Saturday, Sir Winston Churchill was swarmed by a group of suit wearing, briefcase touting, dictionary carrying teens ready to do battle over the contention: This House believes that Churchill’s objections to Indian independence were warrented. This tournament, sponsored by the Sir Winston Churchill Society of Calgary, was one of the many debate tournaments that…
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