These are my articles written over time. Please feel free to ask questions about any post.
The first meeting of the Student Stewards’ Forum was not held in the council chamber. The very air in that room, they decided, was still thick with the dust of old arguments. Instead, they gathered in the library, in the very heart of the storm’s aftermath. Sunlight streamed through the tall, now-repaired windows, illuminating motes […]
Mock up Scene 15: The Forum’s First Seed Read More »
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The greenhouse, once a refuge, had become a crucible. Morning light slanted through the patched glass panes, sharper now, illuminating every scar on the benches, every water stain on the soil. The rhythm of work was slower, more deliberate—like a heart learning a new beat. Lara arrived at dawn. She didn’t knock, didn’t speak. She
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Dawn broke over a school washed clean and wounded. The air, still thick with the scent of wet plaster and damp earth, carried a strange humility. In the library, students moved like medics on a battlefield, carefully extracting books from the wreckage of the collapsed ceiling and laying them out on tarps in the courtyard
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A traditional oil painting in a realistic style.A greenhouse locked and dark under heavy rain. Students gather outside, clustered under tarps and the fig tree — Sam teaching seed-saving, Aisha stitching canvas, Leo demonstrating sensor coding. Rain streaks across the scene, the council window glowing faintly in the background where Lara’s silhouette watches. A banner
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The greenhouse was no longer just a project space — it was becoming a rhythm. After classes, footsteps traced familiar paths: Priya arriving with debate notes, Leo with a bundle of wires, Sam balancing seed trays, Aisha carrying fabric scraps, Mateo sketching reinforcements. Each came not for Emil, but for the work itself — yet
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The morning after the storm dawned breathlessly still. Rain-scrubbed air hung cool in the courtyard, where puddles lay like shattered mirrors reflecting the pale sky. Beneath the greenhouse eaves, the Unity Garden project crouched under Emil’s sodden hoodie—a damp, humble shape against the door. Emil arrived as the first bell echoed across empty corridors. He
Mock-up Scene 8 : Cracks in the Fortress Read More »
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The echoes of the mock parliament still clung to the school like the scent of rain after a storm. Though the clouds had cleared, the air carried that same restless weight—something unspoken, waiting. The courtyard was unusually quiet for an evening so close to the vote. The banners that had once fluttered boldly in the
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The mock parliament chamber was unusually quiet at first—just the rustle of papers and the shuffling of chairs. Yesterday’s session had been all whispers and shadows, where alliances were forged in corners, and words were honed like blades. Emil had left that room with a knot in his chest, knowing that cleverness without conscience could
Scene 4: The Gardeners and the Storm — Crisis in the Mock Parliament Read More »
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The following week, the debate hall was quiet. Not from peace—but because the arguments had slipped off the stage and into corners where light did not reach. In the common room, chairs scraped against the floor as clusters formed—two here, four there—faces close, voices low. Promises traded like currency, each one backed not by principle,
Mock-up Scene 3: Political Maneuvering (Conscience vs. Cleverness) Read More »
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(A Classroom Simulation in Moral Leadership…continuing Emil’s journey in the mock parliament) The school auditorium had transformed overnight. Flags from different nations adorned the walls, mock press booths were assembled, and placards marked the desks of “Ministers,” “Public Representatives,” and “Foreign Delegates.” At the center stood Emil, seated at the table labeled “Leader of the
Difference Is Not the Enemy Read More »
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