Tag: Eighth

Ican’t imagine a world without printed books. I still write notes in a diary with a pen. Paper was inseparable from reading and writing when I grew up. Maybe most of you can relate to this. Though I’ve embraced technology, paper remains a vital part of my life. Books transformed the w...

We’re taught many things about the world in school, from geography to science and math. Then we continue on with our lives without thinking much about any of it. But scientists continue discovering things that jostle what we once learned, and suddenly our school-day knowledge about the world i...

Ifwe think about it, the Earth is crazy. First of all, seismic waves are rattling within, suggesting that the surface of the Earth is moving. This, combined with the water in our oceans and atmosphere, means that the rocks are constantly changing. Additionally, instead of the few dozen minerals...

When I was in eighth grade, I was on the debating team. My very first debate was on the topic: ‘Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.’ I can remember that we won the debate, and I was the highest-scoring speaker, but for the life of me, I cannot remember whether we had to argue for the n...