Friends,

It has been three years since the birth of Roots & Shoots at our school. We have conquered the originally rock-filled soil next to the football patch, planted the seeds, fostered them, and spread them in the new rooftop garden.

I believe that this process has been a metaphorical one as well. Together as a community, we have voted for our favourite fruits and vegetable...

Gender agreements. Subjunctive tense. Imperatives. Conjugations. Words that look easy but turn out to be weird - Lo, Se, Te, Os…

They are all staring at me. Voiceless, yet resolute.

If that’s the attitude Spanish had towards me, then why not respond proactively? With resolution. When first presented the options of continuing to study Chinese at the native speaker’s level or startin...

So adorable is the nature, and so challenging was the journey. It was full of obstacles, challenges and fun. Within the short twenty-eight hours, an awareness of environmental impacts, friendship, leadership and team-working and surviving skills were greatly improved.

All packed, we left school at about eight. A neat assembly line was formed in order to take the bags inside. Sitt...