the students’ magazine
March 2025 Edition
perception
Perception Magazine aims to give our generation a voice and platform to express our opinions while also exploring our passion in writing and literature.
Writing’s potential to connect and bring together people is limitless. We believe that, through writing, we are able to illuminate our thoughts in an extraordinary light.
Through our bimonthly meetings and weekly writing workshops, we have fostered a close-knit, supportive community. Rather than focus on bias, we aim to learn and research to best of our abilities and present it in eloquent, engaging writing.
By joining our club or simply scrolling through our website, you are supporting our endeavors as aspiring authors.
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The Power of Words in "The Book Thief"
LITERARY ANALYSIS
The Book Thief is Markus Zusak’s novel exploring the Holocaust and its impact on both Jewish and non-Jewish Germans. Although the novel is focused on Liesel and her life hiding a Jewish German, Max, Zusak also zeros in on her journey to understanding the power literature and words can have.
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Why investing in AI Stocks is the best decision today
BUSINESS
Investing your money in AI stocks is one of the transformative sectors in the economy. AI investing requires the knowledge of unique attributes such as evolving markets and emerging startups. Since AI is a broad and fast-evolving field with algorithms and computational techniques, it has allowed many industries to improve its efficiency.
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Lesson from Sophocles's Oedipus Rex
LITERARY ANALYSIS
Having a goal in life provides something to pursue, a reason to keep improving and growing. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles is a Greek tragedy following Oedipus Rex and his pursuit of his future despite hardships. Sophocles’ message in Oedipus Rex tells us that despite past mistakes, looking towards the future, reflecting on the past, and persevering through momentary setbacks allow individuals to become better people.
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Is the Tesla Autopilot Safe?
OPINION
But, on the other side of the conversation: does that encourage people to text while driving just because they feel safer letting go of the steering wheel? What’s to say that having autopilot won’t encourage someone who's intoxicated to drive? Therefore, these AI features and sensors can be easily misused by drivers. Tesla Autopilot serves as an invitation for people, like my carpool driver, to multitask while driving.
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Why Social Media is Good, Educationally
POP CULTURE
Covid. The topic discussed around the world for almost two years. It has kept everyone isolated, changing the standard way of communication: from in-person to distance. With that being said, as the value of distance communication increases, the usage of certain apps also increases. And what are those “certain” apps? Social Media.
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How the flush toilet Became the Product We Know Today
POP CULTURE
While the idea of a toilet was found significant, it was not only in 1861, did Joseph Adamson make a new sanitation advancement. Through Thomas Twyford's help, Adamson created a model similar to the modern toilets in our houses today. The design had features identical to the first flush toilet but had the quality of isolating waste odors.
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Is there beauty in violence?
POP CULTURE
The contrast between the peaceful drawings of his garden, or his “soft blooms” compared to the devastating consequences of the war highlight the coexistence of both beauty and violence within society. It illustrates the idea that something beautiful can quickly change into something drastically different.
