The Student News Site of Seoul International School

TIGER TIMES ONLINE

Upcoming Events

TIGER TIMES ONLINE

TIGER TIMES ONLINE

Propaganda balloons burst Inter-Korean relationship

Jaeha Kim | Jan 31, 2015

After eight years of silence between the two Koreas, North Korea’s leader Jong-un Kim unexpectedly decided to resume highest-level bilateral talks during his nationwide New Year’s speech. However,...

Students attend leadership, math competition in Beijing

TTAdmin | Jan 31, 2015

By Claire Kim and Sang Ho Lee To further improve their leadership skills and learn how to better guide the student body, HSSC junior members attended the Association of International Schools in Asia...

Photo by Hollis Hwang (12)

January: News Briefs

TTAdmin | Jan 31, 2015

Ladies Choir learns music theory through new project To better understand music theory, Ladies Choir started a group project that incorporates what students have learned about music theory in their Monday...

January: Honor code insufficient in reducing academic dishonesty

TTAdmin | Jan 31, 2015

During the first semester, the Student Improvement Committee worked on an Honor Code under the guidance of the administration, who expressed the need to reduce cheating. After it was completed, the Honor...

Greater diversity of courses needed for global education

TTAdmin | Jan 31, 2015

By Nagyon Kim and Yeaji Park  Due to a small student and faculty population, there is a limited number and variety of AP courses offered at SIS. This lack of diversity in teaching ultimately hinders...

Integrating academic integrity into SIS

TTAdmin | Jan 31, 2015

South Koreans are cheaters. They’re over competitive opportunists who will risk anything to get into an Ivy. Not only is this an over-generalization, it is racist and downright offensive. Having said...

Unintentional release of chemistry midterm raises questions regarding academic integrity

TTAdmin | Jan 31, 2015

In an effort to improve the culture surrounding academic integrity, students were asked to sign an honor code, vowing that they received no “unauthorized assistance,” before taking their midterm exams....

Issue 5, Volume 46

TTAdmin | Dec 17, 2014

Issue 5, Volume 46 by sisttonl

Semester-based club application, evaluation processes necessary

TTAdmin | Dec 15, 2014

By Hollis Hwang and Nagyon Kim  To participate in any extracurricular activities, students are required to submit application forms that are available only at the beginning of the year. However, because...

UNICEF, Light-Up support, raise awareness of causes

TTAdmin | Dec 15, 2014

BLUEgg Chief Executive Ji-eun Lee and employee Michael Park gave a presentation to members of Habitat for Humanity (HFH) and UNICEF on Nov. 24 in order to provide students with more global opportunities...

Issues with college entrance exam affect test-takers

Issues with college entrance exam affect test-takers

TTAdmin | Dec 15, 2014

Every year, Korean high school seniors take the College Scholastic Aptitude Test (CSAT), also known as Su-neung. The overall low difficulty and presence of two ambiguous questions on this year’s CSAT...

Junior council recovers from loss of income

TTAdmin | Dec 15, 2014

The junior council made a profit of 730,000 won during the week of Thanksgiving when HSSC’s biggest food cart, Cartnivore Plus, sold slices of pumpkin pie for 2,000 won each during office hours from...

Comments (0)

All TIGER TIMES ONLINE Picks Reader Picks Sort: Newest