Evan Huang’s Blog

 Met with defeat, the moth gave up, succumbing to death. I have also met with defeat, not even placing in the top 8. While numerous groups and individuals jump and scream in excitement as I angrily push against the people, I realized just how could change in a few hours and what defeat could do.   --- Sitting in my seat, waiting for my turn to perform the skill for my event, a voice came from my left. The voice of a girl, (not surprising as everyone else in my event was a girl and I was practically the only guy), "Do you do track?" she asked. To save you from all the dialogue, I had a number on my hand from the meet the day before. We talked about our events and about the skill we were about to perform, we both sarcastically said that we were both going to be last and that I'll place 42 (about last) and she'll place 41. But I knew before she even went in that she was going to do good. Out of everyone there, she was the only one who wasn't reviewing or worried at a...

It's remarkable when you realize that the same materials found on Earth have been transformed by humans into items such as cameras, which capture moments, or technology that enables long-distance communication. But these don't come without repercussions; for these things to be made, the surrounding environment had to undergo mass changes, for example, the excavation for these precious materials. It doesn't just end there; child labor is used to create many objects that we use every day.  History also provides a few examples of this; for example, the discovery of the New World came with multiple benefits, but Native Americans in the thousands died due to the diseases and other variants brought by the Europeans, along with enslavement for labor.  These are the indirect effects of discoveries. However, it can also expand to the individual who made this discovery or creation. An example of this can be seen from the packet we received this week, where the example of Marie Curie ...

" A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers but borrowed from his children." It's often hard to deal with the truth, but what's even more challenging is to know what the truth is. Audubon's quote is a perfect demonstration of this, his sudden realization that every present choice made is going to affect the very lives of the next generation.  Audubon shows great meaning behind this quote with various strategies, for example, understanding that the world given isn't owned by them or anyone but is something that will be passed on. Furthermore, Audubon also gives the impression that we have the duty to take care of the planet and leave it better than we got it for our kids. This is something that I understand almost too much. To give some simple examples, the neighborhood that surrounds my home is a wooded area filled with trees in people's yards, but lately, many of these trees have disappeared, as if the place the...