Author Archives: Ying

In one of my previous essays, I has discussed about the symptoms, treatments and psychological theories of phobias and fears, as well as encouraged people to confront and overcome the fears in their hearts.  To be honest, it’s easier said … Continue reading →

Many adults can recall their emotionally scarring handwriting classes in elementary school.  Teachers passed down the new cursive to students in thirty-minute to hour-long lessons; little children sat in classroom, practicing writing the letters again and again, but still received … Continue reading →

At the beginning of every semester, college students struggle to buy their textbooks, and then throughout the semester, they struggle to look for ways to avoid reading them.  Reading through an assigned book, no matter it is purely scientific or … Continue reading →

The famous American actress Rihanna once told media that even though she was born in Barbadian, she had a phobia of sea creatures, even tiny fish.  Phobia means extreme and irrational fear of something, and it is considered as mental … Continue reading →

“Everything comes in circles,” Sherlock Holmes, maybe the most famous frictional detective, once observed. “The old wheel turns and the same spoke comes up. It has all been done’ before and will be done again.”  Ironically, the detective himself appears … Continue reading →

In contemporary high-technology society, when people face physical and psychological issues, they tend to ask various medications for help to pursue “normality”.  With the passage of legislations that loosen restrictions on medical marijuana in many states, controversies regarding to widespread … Continue reading →

Nowadays, with an increasing number of women occupying fulltime jobs outside home and a closer gap between women’s wealth and men’s than before, the whole society has raised plenty of concerns about work-family conflict.  According to John H. Johnson, who … Continue reading →

For every student who has went through extremely complicated and trivial process of college admission, he or she will remember there is a question under the “demographics” section of the Common Application – “which describes your race or origin.”  Although … Continue reading →

Throughout 2013, President Barack Obama and the Congress failed repeatedly to reach a compromise on gun control laws.  Even after the Washington Navy Yard massacre in September 16, with Obama’s revised call for congressional action to address federal gun laws, … Continue reading →

In recent years, there is a popular myth on the Internet stating that modern technology doesn’t make humans more dominant over other animals in the planet; instead it degenerates us to become less and less competitive and creative.  This myth … Continue reading →