Race and the Importance of a Quick Start
Taylor Caldarino (she/her/hers), Low Entropy Volunteer Writer Have you ever wondered what age is best to start a conversation with your kids about racism? It can require creativity to come up with a way to explain this topic that is age-appropriate and ensures your child grasps what you are saying, but discussing racism from […]
Can’ts in a Box
Shirin Malek (she/her/hers), Low Entropy Volunteer Writer In an educational setting it is vital to give children love, positive reinforcement and support in any way that gives them confidence. I remember when I was seven years old and I told my teacher that I couldn’t do math properly, and that it was really […]
Coping with High School
Alexandra Dadivas (she/her/hers), Low Entropy Volunteer Writer Adults often say that your years in high school are going to be the best years of your life. While in the end that might be true, it doesn’t mean that your whole time there will be full of sunshine and rainbows. Let’s be real – high […]
Educational Value
Grace Cheng (she/her/hers), Low Entropy Volunteer Writer The first thing that comes to my mind when I think about education is knowledge. Education can be a powerful tool that gives us knowledge, skills, information and techniques that can expand our vision and outlook on life. Furthermore, education can help us to fight injustice, violence, […]
Why: The Importance of Curiosity
Anais Delépine, Low Entropy Volunteer Writer Parents are sometimes annoyed with their children constantly asking “why” and being nosy about everything and anything. Is curiosity a bad thing? How could it be? It is a natural human trait! Curious people look for answers to the what, the why and the how. They explore, learn, […]
Toward Kindness
Christina Liao (she/her/hers), Low Entropy Volunteer Writer Kindness is such a fickle thing – it’s hard to come by, but it’s easy to give. It’s important to be kind to others, especially during a global pandemic. A simple act of kindness can brighten someone’s day, maybe even week. Giving somebody a compliment or telling […]
How It All Began
Fatima Malik (she/her/hers), Low Entropy Volunteer Writer Just a few years ago, a lot was going wrong in my life. It was a very hopeless, dark time where nothing seemed to align with my happiest self. At the time, my happiness was dependent or conditional on my environment, the people that surrounded me, […]
With Hindsight
Jihu Lee (she/her/hers), Low Entropy Volunteer Writer It is only normal that we cringe at our past selves. As human beings, we are not meant to live with a spotless moral slate, meaning we will never be one hundred percent satisfied with our past choices and actions. Perhaps you wish you could have treated […]
The One Habit of Highly Successful People
Spoiler alert: it’s happiness. Low Entropy Volunteer Writer Christina Liao explains why. Different people measure success in different ways. Harry Styles, a Grammy award-winning singer and former member of the band One Direction, says that “if you’re happy doing what you’re doing, then nobody can tell you you’re not successful.” That is, in a […]
Life Lessons: Emotions, Acceptance and Experiential Learning
Ling-Yee Sze, Low Entropy Volunteer Writer I have been, for the most part of my life, a person who is very meticulous about not making any mistakes, not allowing myself to be hurt or punished, or even just trying to ensure that I am spoken of in a respectful manner by other people. I […]