Aligning retakes with the purpose of education
As Neil Postman mentioned in The End of Education, “for school to make sense, the…
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What for?
Spring in Korea is a time marked by the steady blooming of cherry blossoms: signaling…
What change means to us
From new couches to club funding, SIS has been on a valiant mission to engage…
Amazon abandons New York headquarters amid entitlement allegations
Almost three months after Amazon announced it would build a new headquarter in New York…
Immigrants are imperative for American AI
On Feb. 11, President Trump signed the American Artificial Intelligence Initiative, an executive order that…
Animal rights group accused of cruelty
As South Korea increasingly embraces the idea of dogs as treasured companions and pets, negative…
Editorial: Caught between success and enjoyment
It is often assumed among the students of SIS that high school is a time…
Florida girl’s canceled SAT scores spark outrage
After receiving a 900 on the SAT administered in March 2018, Kamilah Campbell believed that…
A growing trend of cheating sheds light on a critical flaw of Korean education
Notoriously known as the suneung in Korea, the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) is a…
[Editorial] Kavanaugh: A dangerous political game
On Oct. 1, Saturday Night Live (SNL), a show renowned for its harsh satirization of…
Time runs out on family reunions
For most survivors of the Korean war, the deepest scar from their tribulations was losing…
Editorial: What it means to be in high school
By Hannah Kim and Junie Kah Time is a valuable resource. This notion is the…
Artificial Intelligence: Have we gone too far?
While many people worry that artificial intelligence (AI) will take over our jobs once it…
Paper Editorial: What is Tiger Times?
By Jeremy Nam and Dawn Kim The answer can be simple. Tiger Times is our…
Met Gala: Cultural appropriation or appreciation
On May 7, the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted a gala,…
Kanye West: Has he finally crossed the line?
A responsible public figure with a large international audience must consistently be mindful of the…
Don’t hold your breath for reunification
“What to do about North Korea?” has undoubtedly been the most agonizing question ever since…
Web Editorial: What went right, not wrong
By Hannah Kim and Junie Kah Communities and societies are naturally inclined to criticize and…
Letter to the Editor
By Gray Macklin To the Editor, The opening of the most recent extended viewpoint reminded…
Behind-the-scenes
If the Tiger Times newspaper is the successful older sibling who has their life together…
Inter-Korean dialogue spurs hope for denuclearization
In the wake of the diplomatic respite fostered by the PyeongChang Olympics, further efforts to…
How to find class information
“Did you hear…” “S/he said…” Words travel from the upperclassmen to the underclassmen and vice…
Dangerous thinking from the White House
By Nicholas Kim & Soomin Chun For many of us millennials in Seoul who are…
New School Café Opens
For too long, students have been craving a drink other than canned orange juice. For…
Neglecting and Silencing Victims of Larry Nassar
On Jan. 24, Lawrence Nassar, the USA Gymnastics national team doctor convicted of serial child…
Social Apathy: Why do we choose to look away?
See the original published article on Korea Times. I will never forget the day I…
Logan Paul: the pied piper of YouTube
“That giant mountain structure is Mount Fiji. That is where they make Fiji water. No.…
Net neutrality matters: Here’s why
While the Internet is currently within our reach with just one push of a button,…
Logan Paul: the pied piper of YouTube
“That giant mountain structure is Mount Fiji. That is where they make Fiji water. No.…
Korean instruction necessary for global citizenry
“Seoul International School develops inquisitive, independent thinkers and collaborative learners, who acquire the essential knowledge…
Learning about adulthood
An average school day unfurls: period by period, we scramble to our English, math, and…
President Trump’s close relationships with authoritarian leaders create possible concerns
Near the end of President Donald Trump’s trip to Asia, Senator Bernie Sanders published a…
South Korea relies on citizens’ jury to decide on nuclear plant construction
The debate over nuclear plants has become a perennial issue, for the heated discourse has…
Militarism fuels attack on Japan’s pacifism
With a landslide victory in the Japanese re-election, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reinvigorated his…
Never too old for a field trip
By SOOMIN CHUN & NICHOLAS KIM We all remember our first field trip. For many…