Author Archives: Hajin
English Reading Reflection
So far, I have completed a total of 8 works of fiction as part of my independent reading program. In order, they have been -Frankenstein by Mary Shelley -Want by Cindy Pon -The Mortal Coil trilogy by Emily Suvada -Pride … Continue reading
Engineering Blog Post 4
The bow fires using elastic energy. Since the bamboo bow is flexible, but still desires to return to its original shape once bent, pulling the bowstring back results in elastic potential enrgy building up in the crossbow. Once the string … Continue reading
Engineering Blog Post 3
This photo is from the second day, when we started to work on making the stock of the crossbow. These two photos are us attaching the bamboo to the stock to create the bow portion of the crossbow. We created … Continue reading
Engineering Blog Post Number 1 and 2
My group and I will be designing and engineering a crossbow. It will be aimed as an educational toy, designed to entertain children while teaching about crank, winch, latch, tension mechanisms, elastic tensile energy, and trigger mechanisms. Currently, there are … Continue reading
WeChat Justice Survey
This might be the best editing I’ve ever done. Also laugh, thank you.
A Just World
INTRODUCTION: The world is cruel, the world is unfair. That is what people say, to either comfort or to apathetically justify their lack of success and/or luck. But we need to make the world better. And for … Continue reading
To Kill a Tyrant
I am a coward. I did not want to be part of the riots against our tyrant, out of fear that they will get me killed. I am but an ordinary student, studying to try and obtain a seat in … Continue reading
A Dictator for a Dictator
Cuba. For most people, images of refugees sailing across the sea (and also large cigars) may flash into their head. Cuba, the small communist Caribbean island just off the coast of Florida. But what happened in Cuba to make it … Continue reading
Bloody Murder! (literally)
The Borden Murders by Sara Miller is about a double murder in the late 18th century. Set in Fall River, Massachusetts, the story is told from a third-person perspective and is based around the investigation and trial after the murder of … Continue reading
Fighting Back: Moxie Style
‘Moxie’ by Jennifer Mathieu is a contemporary fiction novel about the girls in a small town school revolt against the sexist values of the place they live in. The main character, Vivian Carter is a shy, quiet high school girl … Continue reading