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Perhaps this Time… You Can NOT Clean Your Room

Adjusting that picture frame, pushing this chair in, aligning those slippers with each other, praising that perfectly symmetrical painting, unconsciously being drawn towards that triad-chord harmony. In general, we all have an inclination towards organised things.  My mum especially... When...

Organised for Eternity; The Guardians of Our Universe

The guardians had stood in equilateral position in the library, their marble cloaks unmoving under eons of dust. Their eyes peered up to the heavens and their arms out to the sides maintaining the balance of the forces that...

Persuasion; Where Social Media Meets Ancient Greece

Significant throughout time, announcements  have long served as a method of persuasion, an integral part of human society, inherently present in our minds from the moment we began putting together coherent thoughts and desires.  Today’s social media landscape is populated...

Utterly Loathsome Announcements

Q: What’s the first thing people do after stepping onto the escalator that leads to Suguo and upon hearing the instruction not to look at their phone while on the device? A: Look at their phone. My teenage daughter has a...

An Ambivert’s Guide to Announcements

Ambivert: someone with qualities of introversion and extroversion, finding comfort and energy in both social interaction and solitude depending on the situation. Growing up with the internet, as my generation did, I should be comfortable with knowing when to make...

Phones, Phears & Phriends: Announcements through the Ages

Sharing is caring, as the old adage goes. Communication is at the heart of what it means to be human. Sharing stories, experiences, and information brings us closer together, allows us to progress as a species and keeps us...

Plotting & Revenge; English Teachers vs. AI

Despite all the talk of AI replacing human beings in the job market, it had seemed like a concern for a distant time. Perhaps this was the main reason the principal’s announcement still had her reeling.  “As of this semester,...

Nature, Nurture, Psychopaths; Made or Born that Way?

The dichotomy of the “nature vs. nurture” debate has been a key topic of conversation within the realm of psychology and philosophy for centuries on end. How, you may ask, do genetics and/or our environment contribute to the development...
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