Let us all have a moment to recognize the greatness of America, and its exceptional educational system…just kidding. Behind the facade of America’s superbness, lies a pitiful truth: the students in The Land of Opportunity are globally ranked 36 in education. You can blame the kids. You can…

Pulling focus on Ariana Hoshino
While other students were typing up their essays, a then thirteen-year-old Ariana Hoshino was bent over a stop motion animation of "Flowers for Algernon". With her mom’s old still-life camera, Hoshino was coaxing movement out of still images and stories out of clay. ...