This article was a collaboration between Abby Paras and guest contributor Madeline Cope Every student at AISG knows about air pollution. Everyone in China knows about air pollution since China is one of the leading countries for air pollution. On the World Hea... More »
It’s that time in a sophomore’s life where they are assigned a science summative to take action in order to raise awareness and help the environment for their Ecosystems unit. There are several choices for the pairs to choose from; some of which are: a YouTube... More »
Political correctness is defined as the avoidance of certain expressions and actions that might offend those from minority groups. AISG, being an international school, has many students who come from countries that are considered minorities in Western culture.... More »
As everyone knows, the lunch time at AISG is about 40 minutes long. This time may change depending on if there are events present or not but generally both middle school and high school receive 20 minutes to eat their lunch. However, in these 20 minutes, stude... More »
“I don’t really care..” and “whatever” are phrases commonly heard in the hallways. These phrases tend to show how apathetic we are to most things, and shapes the way society judges our generation, Gen Z. Generation Z consists of people born between the years 1... More »
The news of the recent dismissal of the Shanghai American School English teacher for sexual assault broke out amongst many of China’s international schools. This issue sparked with James Mikkelson, an AP English teacher at SASPX, who was accused of sexual misc... More »
AISG students have finally reached the second semester of the year, as well as completed their first round of semester exams. Slowly but surely the seniors are getting ready to depart AISG, whilst the juniors are finally getting used to the IB, and sophomores ... More »
In an ever-modernizing world, where financial success seems to have become the definition of overall success, and the expectations from parents have been increasing, it seems that some of the more “artistic” or “less practical” college majors have experienced ... More »
*PROFANITY WARNING* I would be surprised if you have never sworn before. Looking at the situation now, there is apparently no severe penalty for using foul language at school, no matter if you’re a student or a teacher. My friends and I use profanity quite fre... More »
Every new unit, teachers hand out new textbooks to us. Don’t you find it annoying when they assign homework, but we have to do it on a separate piece of paper which we might lose? I think we should be able to write on our own textbooks. First of all, writing o... More »
In my opinion, the transition to from 8th grade to 9th grade is easy for me. I am excited to see that there are new students, teachers, and classes I can go to. It gives me a chance to meet new people and learn new things. There are not too many differences be... More »
Music class is an elective in the AISG high school, with the choices of band, strings, choir, and music technology. Whether or not music class should be required has always been a valid argument. I will attempt to show you both sides of the argument, and you c... More »