Dear all, Upon inheriting the Looking Glass from our predecessors, we identified a number of key issues. Firstly, there were simply not enough articles being published, due both to a lack of submissions from the school community and limited responsiveness from the previous Academic Team. Secondly, the Looking Glass had not been advertised or explained effectively enough to the wider school community. As a result, we plan to implement a more consistent and engaging stream of articles on the Looking Glass. As part of this initiative, we are looking to recruit a select group of keen writers from across the lower school who would be willing to produce one high-quality piece of writing, discussion, or media each month for publication on the Looking Glass. We believe this will be hugely beneficial both to the school community, which will gain access to a wider range of opinions and viewpoints, and to prospective writers, who will be able to reference their experience contributing to the Look...
AARUSH LAL Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates. The violent destruction of life and property incident to war, the continual effort and alarm attendant on a state of continual danger, will compel nations most attached to liberty to repose. To be more safe, they become willing to run the risk of becoming less free.” - Alexander Hamilton The noun “prisoners'' is one of an intriguing etymology. It is most often thought to be derived from the 12th century French noun prisoun, a term commonly translated to obtain the meaning of a state of captivity, and therefore a state of being viewed today to be heavily linked with confinement. Yet, in a nation with a prison population as vast as the United States’ one, perhaps the most intriguing paradox is that of what so many individuals are being confined from. Perhaps most notably exists a confinement away from an ability to nurture and have a positive impact on others in the nation, one away from th...