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...
How Bad Economics Doomed Sri Lanka Tharan Sutharson 22% of the country in food insecurity. Inflation at over 70%. $51 Billion in foreign debt. All tragic impacts of the economic crisis that Sri Lanka is currently in, historically the worst economic crisis since the country gained independence in 1948. This is a severe crisis that has been ongoing since 2019, due to many reasons from a weak government body, loans and heavy importations. These are all factors that will be considered in this article in order to answer one fundamental question: What caused the Sri Lankan economic crisis? Tourism Tourism is a valuable income earner for Sri Lanka, being the third largest foreign exchange earner as it accounts for 12% of the country’s GDP of $ 84 Billion (as of 2019). Sri Lanka is a popular holiday destination for various reasons such as tropical climate all year round, a range of diverse and rare animals on the island as well as the culture and the history of Buddhism in the country. B...