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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

Maya Angelou
  • Role Models: The Sages of our Journeys

    By Anupreet Kaur  Albert Bandura proposed the theory that people learn by observation, imitation and modelling. He suggested that from a young age, a child’s curiosity is cured by observing what other adults do and trying to copy them. Constantly, we are surrounded by individuals who -intentionally and unintentionally- teach us concepts such as morality, Read more

  • Where is Curiosity?: The Light That Dims Within us as We Age 

    By Mehrsa Karbasforushha “What do I like? What do I want to learn about? What do I want to spend the rest of my life doing?” For many of us currently in our final years of completing our high school diploma, these are questions that have not left our minds for the past few years. Read more

  • The Art of Purpose: Finding Your Passions

    By: Anupreet Kaur “What do you want to do for the rest of your life? You’re sixteen, you must have something in mind!” Is the implication of every conversation that I’ve had with my teachers and my guidance counselors.  Finding your passions can be either very easy or extremely hard. You either know exactly what Read more

  • The Time Catholics Almost Blew Up London —Lessons in Stealth From History’s Most Stupid Terrorists.

    Jasmeet Randhawa is a writer here at YPS; she writes personally on her medium as well, exploring the intersection between history and philosophy. Remember remember the 5th of November- Gunpowder, Treason and Plot Take a walk with me, back in time, back before the Age of Enlightenment, to a time when the Holy Roman Empire, Read more

  • How a Single Cigar Pissed Off the Entire German Confederation and Almost Killed a Man (and How You Can Do the Same)

    Jasmeet Randhawa is YPS writer, and keeps her own articles on her medium, where she explores the intersection of history and philosophy. Take yourself back to a simpler (ish) time- the meeting of the German National Assembly in Frankfurt in 1849. All around major snoozefest, one might think, yet if you walked into that room, you Read more

  • Fake It Till You Make It

    Anupreet Kaur  “Confidence is Key” Also known as the most common quote of all time. This quote is used so often, on social media messages, articles, public speeches and so forth, that we come to forget its true meaning. Confidence is something that comes with time and experience but it is also something that comes Read more