The Kony 2012 controversy: my opinion

For those who are not aware, recently a documentary on Youtube has gone viral accumulating over 11.5 million views in only 2 DAYS! It is a video that aims to bring awareness of the Invisible Children Inc.’s campaign in Uganda called “Kony 2012.” If you have not watched this video, I would highly recommend taking the…

My Teacher, CGPGrey

We always go onto YouTube to find the latest videos. It’s a given that most of these videos feature mostly pointless content (such as cats), but a new channel is brought among us today, Mr. CGPGrey. CGPGrey utilizes YouTube to teach. If you take a look at his videos, you can tell he tries to…

Awesome Youth: Rafaella Leitao

You don`t come across many people in your lifetime that epitomize your values and everything you want yourself to be, but once in a while, you stumble upon someone that is capable of these things. Not only does this girl have admirable ambitions in life, a mature mindset and achievements beyond the average teen, but…

Games to Grades; Top four learning sites

If you’re in the mood to do a little extra studying, then here are four sites that can help you get there! 4.  Math is Fun http://www.mathsisfun.com/index.htm Although it sounds absolutely corny and ridiculous, the site is actually exceedingly good with basic concepts and examples in math. If you’re stuck, then this site explains it…

fun. – Some Nights: An album review

Yes, fun. didn’t want to capitalise the “f” in “fun.” and the period is indeed there. How’s that for a totally indie band name. Well that’s besides the point. The band released their second studio album titled “Some Nights” on Feb 21. That’s two and a half years I’ve had to wait since their first…

Keppler 22b: a second Earth?

Despite all the prospects of having another habitable planet like the Earth in sci-fi movies, little support for the prospect from the scientific community has arisen in the past few decades. That is, until Dec 5, 2011 when NASA announced the presence of an Earth-like planet located 600 lightyears away that orbits a sun-like star…

Kids on marriage

Kids really do say the darndest things. Bill Cosby can vouch for that. But what would they say about marriage, a concept we presume they know very little about? Without a doubt, their responses are much more entertaining and at times, makes you wonder:  how much of this world do children actually understand? A lot…