“Why are there so many potholes on this road?” “Why did they start building a new rail line?” “When is this traffic light going to be fixed?” These day-to-day issues are noticed by...

“Nyah, that’s English!” my mother exclaims as I ask for the third time for a translation of what the singer said.  “Oh,” I say, grinning as she laughs. This scene is a constant anytime...

Answer choice: C I bubbled in my answer, my eyes bordered with bags that appeared after my long study session the previous night. As I look up to check the time, I notice two of my classmates whispering...

As I sit here, in my IB Theory of Knowledge class, my hands are pecking at the keys to string together some kind of poignant sentence. I am reminded of why I decided to join The Sidekick. When I was...

In my head, journalism looked like someone typing away by themselves on an old sand green typewriter with a stack of newspapers beside them. To many, this may seem bleak, but to me it was appealing However,...

“Ew, why do you enjoy writing essays?” My brother, a 2017-20 staff writer for The Sidekick, looked back at me briefly as his fingertips traversed his keyboard, drafting out his soccer coverage.   Ha,...

Beneath the compilation of the assignments lifelessly sprawled on my desk, my eyes focus on the red sketchbook hiding beneath the ocean of papers, crying to be noticed.  Everyday has the same redundant...

I lay in my bed, paralyzed by my memories. One moment flashes repeatedly in my brain. That one interaction haunts me. Why did they say that? Why didn’t I say anything? Why do I care? Why...

Scrolling through an extensive social media page, another clickbait ‘news article’ pops up on your feed, blocking any content that could be genuinely useful. You sigh and close off, yet another media...

My movie-watching spree started the first week of January. I secretly created a Letterboxd account to document my journey (which was apparently considered lame), writing a paragraph’s worth of a movie...

You are typing away on your laptop, taking notes for an upcoming test.  You decide that you need a quick break, conveniently switching tabs to a BuzzFeed quiz. After discovering which TV show character...

The letters h and w.  My pencil slowed down as I disputed between wow and how, pronouncing each internally. The h and w look and sound incredibly different, but at that moment, I was overcome with...