KKhanna's blog

Standardized testing has been a part of my education since about fourth grade. I excelled in reading comprehension, but endlessly struggled with math. I remember in middle school, I receive a perfect score in reading two years in a row (my mom made me read the dictionary everyday, and I used to read a book a day. I should also mention that I wasn't very social. Need I say more?), yet I barely met New York City criteria for mathematics.  Read More »

With information at your fingertips, the sky's the limit. When people are coming down with some ailment, they can head straight to the Internet and search their symptoms on Google, Wikipedia or WebMD.  Read More »

Upon a recent trip to the U.K., I made several observations, as follows:

A billboard advertising Stella Artois beer boasts that it contains "just four ingredients". This ad, tactfully plastered from Manchester to London to Oxford, displays a campaign toting the product's simplicity; this particular type of alcohol contains "hops, malted barley, maize and water". With each component being either edible or multifaceted, one must raise the question: does the production and consumption of alcoholic beverages do potential harm in the battle against world hunger?  Read More »

Although I am a nearly seventeen year old, highly opinionated girl applying for college this year, I am a child at heart.

So as I decided to escape the political realms and debates that plague every television channel and watch Spongebob Squarepants (shut up), I was quite surprised with what I saw during commerical break.  Read More »

"Love, love, love...all you need is love...love is all you need..." The Beatles

We've all heard it before. The world would be a much better place, filled with lollipops and rainbows and cotton candy and unicorns, if we just learned to love.  Read More »

“It serves always to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration. It agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.  Read More »