Teaching & Learning English
How I fell in love with tinky tofu As a foodie, I tried a highly controversial dish a few years ago(but not exactly exotic)—stinky tofu. I first tried it at a snack street very close to my home. That day, while shopping with my mom, a peculiar smell caught my attention. “What’s that smell?”I asked, … Read more
History of Natto Natto, Japan’s sticky fermented soybean dish, has a long history. It likely started over 1,000 years ago, possibly in the Yayoi period (300 BC–300 AD). Legend says it was discovered by accident when cooked soybeans wrapped in rice straw fermented naturally. The straw had bacteria called Bacillus subtilis, which turned the beans … Read more
Last week, we did a thorough two-day seminar regarding dark tourism during which the seminar leaders guided with a totally unique and extraordinarily effective strategy of revolving the questions around a storyline which gave us very much to discuss and debate, and at length the discussion was quite in-depth. We took Chernobyl as the setting, … Read more
Just yesterday we did a seminar discussion on our whole MYP journey. Looking back, I’ve been staying in ELL for over 2 years. It’s a bit astonishing to know I’ve stayed in this class for so long, and a bit frightening and sad that this is going to end soon… 😭 ELL has a huge … Read more
The ancient Greek myth of Pandora’s Box helps explain modern environmental issues. When Pandora opened her jar, she accidentally let out all the world’s problems , sickness, greed, and destruction. This is similar to how human activities like pollution and overusing resources are damaging our planet today. Just as Pandora’s mistake affected everyone, environmental problems … Read more
It is a normal Wednesday, but Mark is abnormally exciting. His dream is to travel through the galaxy and he is going to achieve it today because after ten years of training, he finally get the chance to be an astronaut. Mark arrived at the launch pat, sitting in his spaceship listenning to the countdown. … Read more
In this seminar, we mainly discussed elements a good blog includes. This seminar led by Kitty and Vinci was quite unique from the other ones, the main impact to this was their style. Different than the past few seminars which only had questions on their PPT, this one involved comparison between text or pictures. I … Read more
Alright guys, I’m going to write a sci-fi story about two people who try to discover the truth about the technological world, where every has changed. If you have any suggestions, feel free to talk to me on Mushroom or find me at E201 in school.
The first time I’ve ever heard of the word “dark tourism” was when I was preparing for WSC… I never thought travelling to such places around the world had a specific name to them 🕷️. You could guess the (slight) excitement I had when I heard we’ll be doing a seminar on this. If … Read more
Very interesting seminar hosted by two very interesting people (shut up Leo). The phrase stated in title might be rather controversial. Some may think it’s correct as you’re in a new country, you should follow their habits and try and be one of them. However, others argue how it’s not necessary and you’re only a … Read more
In this seminar, we explored different quotes about travel and discussed their meanings. I really enjoyed analyzing these quotes because they made me think about travel in new ways—not just as a fun vacation, but as something deeper that can change how we see the world. There were many controversies around the quote “All roads … Read more
I really enjoyed Tania & Jessie’s approach to a new way of seminar– which is something similar to role-playing. We get to see different people’s ideas when visiting Chernobyl, a cite of dark tourism, and it’s interesting to find the plot progressing as the seminar continues. It’s interesting how this format made me think more … Read more