Occasionally interesting nonsense

To find an article to read for information for this blog post, I asked some of my friends if they had any recommendations. Matisse Arnone, a student at City who’s written multiple articles for the Little Hawk pointed me toward some of the pieces he’s done for our school newspaper. One that drew my attention […]

I recently had a rather heated discussion with a group of friends about humor, and how it ought to be used. One side of the discussion liked the idea of never offending anyone and ensuring you never made jokes that made others uncomfortable. The side I took, erred more on the side of understanding the […]

For nearly the entire school year now, we’ve been writing three of these blog posts a week, almost every week. This whole time I’ve done my best to stick to my three topics and continue to produce original thoughts everytime I write. Unfortunately, the more we write, the harder this is to do. I think […]

After reading through an essay in AP Lang about different types of thinkers (visual, verbal, etc.) it got me thinking about how and why thinking works in the first place. One of the most interesting aspects of how we process thought, in my opinion, is how we think about our thinking. When our mind is […]

The Iowa honor band programs responsible for SEIBA and All-State each have 2 parts, jazz and concert band. The concert band side of things takes place first, in the fall, and All-State precedes SEIBA. In contrast, when SEIBA jazz and All-State jazz happen in the spring, they take place in the opposite order. I can […]

I’m writing this blog post from Cancun, Mexico. My family and I have been here for about a week now, and we’ll be heading back home in a few days. In my time here, I’ve noticed some interesting things happening to the way I think and speak. To preface, I’ve taken 4 years of Spanish […]

It’s no secret that schools are dominated by sports. The various teams receive the most attention, funding, and recognition from students, administrators, and the community overall. At face value, there doesn’t seem to be a whole lot wrong with this situation, but when we consider the students on both sides of the spectrum (playing or […]

I’ve recently begun reading Musicophilia, by Oliver Sacks. Though I haven’t read very far yet, I’m already very intrigued by the effects music has on the brain. Oliver Sacks writes anecdotes about people whose lives have been altered greatly in some way related to music. By this, I don’t mean child prodigies, whose lives revolve […]

Since elementary school, I’ve been playing chess. First, in the chess club, then at small local competitions, and now online in my home. Over the course of about 8 years, I’ve learned more about the game of chess, and continue to enjoy it. I have a lot of fun improving my game and playing against […]

Just recently, I came down with a stomach bug and was effectively out of commission for 2 days. I didn’t go to school, and on day one, I didn’t do much besides sleep and vomit (not fun). The other very not fun part about all of this was the rapid accumulation of work I now […]