Seoyeon Kim
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2026 SYM CONCERT
To finish our year, we had a parent’s day concert in Korea in the senior center we served in for the year. Because parent’s day is one of the biggest holidays in Korea since we are honoring our parents, we decided to present them with the songs that were familiar to them and ones they…
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#95. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass (May 2026)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave is a autobiography by Frederick Douglass himself, published in 1845. Frederick Douglass was born as American Slave during the era of slavery where the slaves only were forced to work in the fields, supporting the family who bought them. He started to learn English on…
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#94. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller (May 2026)
The Story of My Life is an autobiography written by Helen Keller from her early childhood to her adulthood, mainly her experiences with Anne Sullivan, her teacher who taught her words and how to express her emotions. It was published on 1903, marking itself as one of the most influential memoirs on disability. In Helen…
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SYM Benefit Concert 2026
To truly uplift our purpose and goal, we decided to hold a benefit concert with the school concert. We opened up an hour before, having around ten people playing different kind of musics from pop to a band music to classicals. The process to hold this concert was very difficult since there was a lot…
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Brain Facts
To know more about the brain and different neurological concepts, I studied with Brain Facts book. Because it contained informations about mechanism of systems, neurological disorders, development, to movement, it helped me to cover diverse parts of the brain system. Because I’m interested in biology and diseases, I took great interest in learning about illness…
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#93. Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung (Apr. 2026)
Cursed Bunny is a collection of science fiction and thriller/horror short story collection by a Korean author, Bora Chung, published in 2017. It has ten short stories, all centered around the theme of human desires in oppressive modern society. It has been translated into many languages and was shortlisted for International Booker Prize in 2022.…
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Neuroscience: Science of the Brain #3
The last topic that gained my attention is Plasticity. Since it is a crucial part of our brain, for it to adapt and change according to the environment, it was amazing to learn how it could alter their ways of communicating with synapses. Its ability to be able to recover from injury also makes it…
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