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A chair-full experience: Two students sharing the same seats across different periods discuss their opinions on their seating

A chair-full experience: Two students sharing the same seats across different periods discuss their opinions on their seating

Kathy Wang and Beverly Xu May 20, 2024

Each seat in a classroom has its own quirks, whether it comes with a constant 90-degree neck strain to see the board, a built-in backseat chair kicker or the privilege of being involved in chemistry teachers’...

The current science building, which was established in 2002

Biology teacher recalls her past teaching experiences in the old science classrooms

Kathy Wang February 10, 2024

Early in her teaching career here, Biology teacher Lisa Cochrum vividly recalls jumping over backpacks while shoving students out of her way, screaming “Fire! Fire, fire, fire!” as she sprinted towards...

 Sophomore Jack Dong attentively poses an inquisitive question to teacher PJ Yim. 

Flipped classrooms maximize class time for active learning 

Lawson Wang and Bryan Zhao November 8, 2023

It’s tough for educators to find ways to make learning effective and engaging, especially for advanced courses like APs where there is a seemingly endless amount of material to be taught. Under pressure...

The wind can be bothersome in autumn and winter.

100-word rant: I like the doors closed in classrooms

Parav Manney October 3, 2023

One of the key purposes of a room is to keep the humans in it insulated from the outside elements. If, however, someone decided to blow a hole in the wall of a room you're occupying, admitting cold drafts...

Students in Laws’ fairy light-lit classroom during tutorial.

The soft glow of fairy lights fills Laws’ classroom

Annie Liu September 25, 2023

Walking into English teacher Megan Laws' Room 704 for the first time, students are struck by the absence of glaring fluorescent lights. Not too bright but not too dark, a soft light illuminates the...

If we can hear teachers breathe, they are too close to us.

A layperson’s guide to students’ classroom pet peeves  

William Norwood and Divya Vadlakonda September 14, 2023

Everyone has something that irks them in class — that one particularly annoying person always clicking their pen, that one grumpy teacher who is always yelling or that one rule that makes no sense....

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