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Justin Zhou

Justin Zhou, Reporter

Pronouns: he/him

Grade: 9

Years on staff: 1

What’s a small thing that instantly makes your day better? Spending time with my dog.
What are some of your favorite hobbies? Drawing, stargazing, and listening to music.
What’s your favorite part of being on the newspaper staff? I can meet new people and make new friends!
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“Consistent practice is the only way to get measurably better. You're not going to accidentally get better. You have to be intentional about it. Don't get wrapped up in competition. So many people are worried about what chair they are, and ‘Am I going to make it into this orchestra?’ ‘Am I going to win this competition?’ I think that those things can be powerful. They can be great experiences, but they can be a major distraction that tie your worth and your growth into results. When you only tie how you feel about that activity to your results, you may give up before the results start turning your way, if that makes sense. I'm sure there's people who would have been famous actors had they not given up, you know, but the competition was so fierce that they might have given up. So I say, try to ignore competition. If you're determined, if you're interested, if you're passionate, you will make progress, and eventually it will show up.”

- Daniel Henderson, Orchestra Teacher

Daniel Henderson

Justin Zhou, Reporter
October 7, 2025
“Yeah, for anyone who wants to study anything in STEM and they want to do, specifically physics and math, is to spend, like, spend quality time learning the content, there's, there's, I have yet to discover any other method than just putting in the work necessary to learn stuff. There's no roundabout way to circumvent learning of any kind. And I think that's kind of our Justin extra bit, that's our tendency in the 21st Century, is to try and shortcut everything. And I think if you really want to feel prepared, you need to be willing to put in as many hours as necessary to learn the stuff that you're going to learn. But I would also say that it's okay to understand that learning takes time and not getting it right the first time is the normative experience, rather than you get[ting] it the first time, which is an abnormal experience.”
Elliott Leong, Physics Teacher

Elliott Leong

Justin Zhou, Reporter
September 2, 2025
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