My Legacy

Sherry Shu (10) | STAFF REPORTER

Walking down the St. Robert hallway,

I told myself to smile.

To shout, to comfort, to hug. To give a friendly “hello!” or a “how’s it going?” To tell that one embarrassing story I’ve been keeping in since grade 5, and to goof off as possible with a friend no matter how many people are raising their eyebrows. To pin the corners of my mouth towards the heavens, no matter how much I may feel broken inside. read more

Afraid

Isabella Pan (9) | STAFF REPORTER

Happiness; just saying this word causes a strange phenomenon. You think of things greater than yourself, of this idea that’s too broad and wild to imagine. It is probably the last thing you would think of when you hear the word “fear”, but it’s really the lack there of that’s truly scary.  read more

This Week’s Article is About…

Raymond Wang(9) | STAFF REPORTER

It is Sunday, October 20, at 10:27. A student named Raymond sits at his kitchen table, pondering what he should write about for his Axiom newspaper. After thinking for a while, he decides to write about Halloween and why he loves to go trick or treating. When he goes onto the spreadsheet to submit his topic, he reads other peoples’ topics and realizes that many of the people have also chosen to write about Halloween. read more

Not So Bad After All

Raymond Wang (9) | STAFF REPORTER

A bad quality that I believe can be a good quality is being a perfectionist. According to the Oxford Dictionary, a perfectionist “A person who refuses to accept any standard short of perfection.” People who are perfectionists can not stand being worse than perfect, which can be a bad quality as well as a good one. A person who refuses to accept any standard short of perfection. read more

Lord Byron: The Bad Boy of the 19th Century

Doris Hua (10) | STAFF REPORTER

Lord Byron was a highly influential European writer in the late 18th and early 19th century. His satirical and often rebellious pieces caught the eye of the entirety of Europe, his personality and prose charming all. He is well-known to be a literary revolutionary in the Greece War of Independence from Turkey and it is suggested that rebellion movements across Europe looked to his works as a spearhead. Although his name does sound quite fancy, his time was not spent at tea parties and whatever else a Lord does with his spare time. Instead, his personal life was notoriously full of aristocratic scandals, debt, alcohol, and lots and lots of drugs, making the coined title “Bad Boy of the 19th Century” definitely well earned.  read more

Perfection

Clare Wu (9) | STAFF REPORTER

Shoulders back, chin up. 

“It’s very nice to meet you!” I smile a plastic smile, feeling my face contort unnaturally. I’m trying, really I am, but I can’t live up to society’s standards. My reflection glares back at me, taunting me for everything I’m not. Not sophisticated. Not infinitely cheerful. Not good enough. read more

A Key Most Divinely Desired, a Key Impossible to Attain

Isabella Pan (9) | STAFF REPORTER  

To possess a key that could soar through time and space, across galaxies and perhaps even alternate dimensions would be a dream come true. If I were to receive a key that can open any door and gateway, literal or metaphorical, the first place I would travel to would be my childhood.  read more