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[7 Feb 2010 | One Comment | 205 views]
Bubble-Bursting Trip to Mexico

By Steven Chang, InterHigh Mentor, Sophomore @ UC Berkeley
Over winter break I went on a mission trip to Tecate, Mexico. The team was there to minister to the community by showing God’ s love in very practical ways – we worked on repairing houses, a kindergarten, and played with the kids in sports, song, and arts and crafts. We went into the trip knowing that Tecate was an especially poor area. In Tecate, much of the population is made up of people who have spent all their money to get …

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[3 Nov 2009 | 6 Comments | 413 views]
Lost Children

This year, I decided to take a health class that our school offers and requires all students to take. Though at times unbearably boring, we recently watched a documentary produced by Frontline which piqued my interest. This particular documentary followed the lives of several teenagers from a small, well-to-do town. These teenagers had everything a they could possibly want and need: lots of money, the latest in clothing or gadgets, cars, and a few were quite popular at school. However, the makers of the documentary discovered that most felt very …

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[29 Aug 2009 | 5 Comments | 152 views]
Money Game

How much is a touchdown worth? According to the New York Giants, about $762,000. Earlier this month…