By Noor Adilah (17S06B)
It started with the 2015 Ankara bombing. Then the second bomb came. Today, counting from 2015, there have been a total of 13 major terror attacks that scar Turkey. Search the web right now and you can see horrifying pictures of the victims. Often, they hold their dead children in their arms, surrounded by debris and chunks of rubble, their clothes stained in blood.
By Bryan Ling (17S06C), Andrew Hidajat (17S03I), Bill Puah (17S06B), and Kaushik Rangaraj (17S06P)
Additional reporting: Catherine Zou (17A01B)
Singapore. Within the international community, we are known for many things. Our high standards of living. Our competitive GDP per capita. Even our food. Something fewer people know about though (unless you’re a Y5 who paid attention during National Day celebrations), is our contributions to the world of toilets.
By Bill Puah (17S06B), Nerissa Loe (17A13A) and Sabariesh Ilankathir (17A13A)
Photos by: Matthew Toh (17S06H)
The 1st of September is an ordinary day for most, but an extraordinary day for teachers in Raffles. Students gathered in school to celebrate our teachers, who have contributed significantly towards educating many generations of students.
Continue reading “You Are Our Lighthouse: Teachers’ Day Celebration 2016”
By Joan Ang (17A01B)
A few weeks ago, my 13-year-old brother came home from school crying. When my parents asked him why, he choked out the phrase, “my senior called me retarded,” and vanished into his room.
My brother has a learning disorder.
Of course, his senior couldn’t possibly have known this when he said those words, but the experience does call to mind some things that I have heard in my past eight months at RI. From my first days in January, I’ve heard slurs thrown around in casual conversation like nobody’s business—a real culture shock in contrast to my secondary school days.
By Catherine Zou (17A01B), Noor Adilah (17S06B), Tapasya S. (17S03C)
Growing up is, in many ways, an opening of the mind.
