People get so caught up in telling you to avoid burnout as a teenager in their last year of school and to focus on academics so as not to stretch yourself too thin that everyone neglects the immense lack of accomplishment you feel when you go from an incredibly extracurricular schedule to a rigorously academic […]
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“Who gave Aura a mic again??”
When your school hosts an event solely based on the premise of people talking about a topic that interests them for 10-15 minutes, who better to run and publicise the event than the person incapable of keeping quiet and constantly talking about their interests?! That was this year’s TEDx Youth event at OSC. Since last […]
Study, Sleep, Eat, Repeat
Whoever said high school is the best time of your life certainly did not do the IB programme. School reopened after the summer about two months ago and I am pretty sure I could count all the times I left my house for something non-school-related on one hand. Since it is my last year, I […]
From Literacy to the Literary Festival
Every year, Room to Read hosts a literary festival featuring prominent local authors to promote literary works in Sri Lanka and use the funds to help our partner school, Vidyaloka, with any of the development work in their school, like building their school library. This event serves as a large fundraiser for our service group […]
The Conference Days
If you have had the privilege of knowing me in any way over the past nine months, chances are that you know about COMUN. This conference and the work it entails have not only become my greatest undertaking but also a defining part of my personality. This year marked 30 proud years of COMUN in […]
Badminton in Bombay
With the beginning of the year begins the badminton season. Now, I am not going even to try to sit here and pretend like badminton is a cool sport, I am entirely aware it is not. My journey with badminton, and yes, it was a JOURNEY, began last year when I accidentally joined the ASA […]
Jokes, Joyrides, and Jaffna
The long-awaited Week Without Walls post… As January rolls on in, so do the highly anticipated Week Without Walls trips. This year, I was placed on the Nothern Narratives trip that takes us to the northern part of Sri Lanka, primarily in the Jaffna area. In my opinion, the most notable quality of the Northern […]
Permissions and Practice Debates
Before I go on about what planning anything at OSC is like, here’s a bit of context on what exactly a Practice Debate is. Every year, before we host the final three days of COMUN, we host three practice debates at the Overseas School of Colombo campus to not only prepare delegates for the […]
Science, Spiders, and Sinharaja
The DP collaborative science trip is a necessary IB requirement that introduces us to the concept of ‘Citizen Science’- the conduction of scientific research by the public. Being in Sri Lanka, the scope for investigation is tremendous, and a variety of factors can be studied all throughout the landscapes of the country thanks to its […]
Dummies Guide to Debate- An Insight into Debate Club
Debate club is not cool. Ok, that’s a bit harsh, but come on, debate club is the most cliche nerd activity you could do. However, that being said, debating itself has always been a passion of mine, and it is an aspect of my personality that anyone can immediately see. Through the debate club, I […]