Content by students and youths writing for jingkids
A Summer Without Beijing
Each year for the past ten years, I have traveled with my family back to the city in which I was raised as a child,
Browsing: Student Correspondent Program
Exploring the World of Picture Books: Yohan’s Summer Fantasy
During the school year, Benita’s son Yohan was assigned a task to create picture books. What initially appeared to be merely more homework blossomed into a full on new interest. Over the summer, Yohan was able to create many books out of pencils, paper, and bursting creativity. Below is an interview, a reflection, and a cute voice from our future of the process.
Beijing Students Reveal the Winning Traits of a Brilliant Teacher
Good teachers help us get ready for our exams and build our education but amazing teachers teach us more than just what’s going to be on our tests. The best teachers I’ve had always made me feel comfortable talking to them about issues outside of schoolwork and were very approachable and caring.
Alice Who? Why I No Longer Go by My English Name
Names are interesting things. We’re each given one at birth. They’re personalized, yet reflect entire cultures and histories.
What Makes a Parent “Cool”?
As a teen, how many times have you wished for you parents to be cool?
West Meets East: Two Students From Different Cultures Share Their Views on Cultural Diversity
Meet Illa B and Audrey W, Two Dulwich College Beijing students from different backgrounds share their views on cultural diversity.
The New Normal: Life Abroad During COVID-19
The day that school finished for Chinese New Year, I left Beijing to visit my mother, who works as a journalist abroad in Israel. Back in January, Coronavirus was but a distant disease to us Beijingers.
Teen Favorites! Meet Eddie W.
In the August issue of beijingkids Harrow Beijing student Jeremy S interviewed his friend Eddie W on his favorite things to do in Beijing and the highlights of quarantine.
Waste Not, Want Not: One Student Looks Back at Her Journey to Sustainability
Community is a flexible concept. For example, I belong to a community of people from different cultures, but who all care for the environment, and who refer to ourselves as environmentalists. Being an environmentalist is not what you say but what you do: it’s a kind of attitude that keeps us living for a certain lifestyle standard that will protect the environment. But just like the others in my community, I didn’t start off behaving, or even thinking, like one.
“‘Corona!’, But I Held My Head High”
The thought of experiencing college life beforehand excited me. Unfortunately, as soon as I stepped through the door, I heard the professor exclaim from the front of the class: “I don’t want a Chinese in my class!” She paused for a moment before adding: “Because of the virus, you know.”