Most students compromise on sleep to prepare for exams, which is counterproductive. Our brain processes memories during sleep, so if you want to remember what you studied, sleep more. Sleeping more can make you more focussed and happy too, writes Rhea Banerjee (student of class XI) of The Levelfield School, Suri.
College education, which was once a ticket to employment and higher pay, may not continue to be so in the future, writes Sampad Ghosh (student of class XI) of The Levelfield School, Suri.
We all agree that cheating during exams, or copying an assignment from someone is wrong – still, cheating is widely prevalent in student life. Debarghya Deb (student of class XI) of The Levelfield School, Suri, explains why cheating happens, what are its not-so-well-understood ill-effects, and what we can do to stop it.
Rhea Banerjee (Class XI) of The Levelfield School analyses an episode of the series Black Mirror: ‘The entire history of you’. The dystopian world of the future, made possible by technology, disturbs us, but we cannot look away from it either.
Reading is a foundational skill upon which almost all learning rests – but it’s also a vanishing skill. Aritra Ray (Class VIII, The Levelfield School, Suri), himself a prolific reader, explains why we must read, and how best to cultivate better reading habits.
Most economics textbooks have perfect theories, but those theories do not work well in developing nations like India. Debarghya Deb, an aspiring economist and student of class XI (The Levelfield School, Suri), explains why.
The book Animal farm is a fairy tale about animals who speak: a flight of fancy, or is it?
