Satiger Times VOLUME 1 | ISSUE 1 | APRIL 2019 | TTONL.ORG
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SCHOOL NEWS
School week with no summative assessments stuns students Teachers stunned after AP Calculus students ace test
GLOBAL NEWS
Yeoptteok spurs reunification of Korea Global crime rate drops drastically during #don’t_break_the_law challenge
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atire is universal; from ancient Egyptian glyphs to The Colbert Report, the medium has demonstrated that holding society’s vices up to ridicule is a practice intrinsic to the human experience. It has been a tool in history’s most significant milestones, like the cartoons that lampooned King George throughout the Revolutionary War. In today’s world of boundless connectivity, satire continues to play an important role in how we respond to our fickle surroundings. Some may mistake satire as
a form of toxic cynicism. After all, the medium can evoke the image of Diogenes of Sinope, the Greek cynic who lived out his days as a beggar complaining about the flaws of society and never really provided any solutions. But the point of good satire isn’t aimless mockery, but galvanizing debate and conversation about relevant issues and topics––or at the very least, to have a good laugh about a bad situation. As we worked on this issue, we aimed to bring these qualities of perspective and humor to the unique community
here at SIS using our platform. We invite you to read along as we attempt to break down and parody the issues that we are faced with everyday, not just as students, but as members of the international population. Before you dive in, keep this quote in mind:`
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“If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?” Voltaire, Candide
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