Dear NSers, welcome to Sparkademic HQ - exclusive to Nguyen Sieu School Students. This is a safe space for like-minded students to discuss, share, ask questions about studies, and many more. 📖 What you can get here 1. Calls (study with me, sessions,...) 2. Community (learning support, 1-1 mentoring,...) 3. Courses  🌊 Introduce yourself in the category “About Me” - Name, class - Current grades (optional) - Goal grades / other goals - Input (what you will do to achieve the goal) 💻Rules are simple: 1. Be respectful (swearing or hate speech is forbidden) 2. Only post content in relation to studies, school activities. You can ask/give advice with other content.  3. Make quality posts and post in the correct category. If anyone is breaking the rules, please report them on the system. With that said, what is your goal this season?

🎄 Tháng 12 này, Sparkademic chính thức khởi động thử thách đầu tiên: 2-Hour Study Challenge – nơi mỗi bạn cam kết dành ít nhất 2 tiếng mỗi ngày để học và chia sẻ tiến trình của mình. Đây là cách đơn giản nhưng hiệu quả để duy trì thói quen tự học, tạo động lực cho nhau và kết thúc năm thật productive. 👥 Đối tượng tham gia: Tất cả học sinh Nguyễn Siêu lớp 6-12 🔗Link website: www.skool.com/nssc-sparkademic-3743 📌 Cách tham gia Mỗi ngày, bạn học tối thiểu 2 tiếng. Sau khi học xong, đăng một bài post trong channel “🎄STUDY 2H” trên website Sparkademic (đúng channel mới được ghi nhận). 📘Bài post cần có: - 📝 To-do list của buổi học - 📚 Ảnh hoặc mô tả những gì bạn đã hoàn thành - ✍️ Một câu ngắn tổng kết buổi học (optional) Tất cả học sinh đều có thể tham gia – dù bạn đang muốn học tốt hơn, tìm động lực mới hay đơn giản là muốn thử thách bản thân cùng cộng đồng. ⭐ Cách tính giải Cuối tháng, Sparkademic sẽ chọn ra Top 3 bạn post đầy đủ – đều – và chỉn chu nhất. Bạn nào post thường xuyên (mỗi ngày một post) nhất sẽ được giải. 🌷 Điều kiện trao giải: Tối thiểu 10 người tham gia 🥇 Giải Nhất: Set quà giáng sinh lớn (4 bộ lego) + certificate do NSSC cấp 🥈🥉 Giải Nhì và Ba: Set quà giáng sinh nhỏ (1 móc khóa bông, 1 bộ lego, bánh kẹo,...) + certificate do NSSC cấp 🌟 Vì sao bạn nên tham gia? - Xây dựng thói quen học tập ổn định - Có động lực từ bạn bè trong cộng đồng - Theo dõi tiến trình học của chính mình - Bắt đầu năm mới với phong độ học tập thật tốt ✨ Cùng Sparkademic biến tháng 12 thành một tháng học tập kỷ luật, đều đặn và đầy cảm hứng. ______________________ 🎄 This December, Sparkademic officially launches its first challenge: the 2-Hour Study Challenge – where each student commits to spending at least two hours a day studying and sharing their progress. This is a simple but effective way to keep a self-study habit, motivate each other, and finish the year in a productive way. 👥 Participants: All Nguyen Sieu students Grades 6 to 12

The article “Chocolate lovers, brace yourselves: Prices are rising, but not forever” by Jenni Reid (CNBC, August 22, 2025) discusses the recent surge in chocolate prices caused by harsh weather, pest outbreaks, and resource shortages in Africa, where 75% of the world’s cocoa is produced. Rising production costs and global inflation have further driven up prices, while the supply of cocoa remains inelastic due to limited suitable land and few producing countries like the Ivory Coast and Ghana. Despite high prices, demand for chocolate stays strong, showing price inelasticity on the demand side as well. However, prices might decline next year as cocoa production improves with better weather and maturing crops, though UK retail inflation and US trade policies could keep pressure on prices. Government intervention is not essential since chocolate is not a necessity, but producer countries might subsidise or support the industry if prices hurt competitiveness. The article suggests that investment and technological improvements would be a more effective long-term solution to increase cocoa supply and stabilise prices.

Have you ever heard this term before and wonder what exactly is behavioural economics? Classical economics assumes that humans are rational thinkers. They have full access to perfect information, have sufficient time for making the best decision. However, this is not always the case in reality. Humans in real life are considered irrational and act on their self interest. Why? Because, us, a normal human, have different preferences for goods and services. Some people will highly likely to purchase an idol’s album even though this is not the best option for their sake simply because we are really into it. This makes the economic models cannot be applied straightforwardly to real-life settings. In that case, behavioural economics will take place for the explanation. Behavioral economics is defined as a field that integrates psychological principles with economic theory to challenge traditional assumptions of rationality and selfish preferences, emphasizing the role of emotions, decision-making under risk, and the impact of framing on outcomes. In simpler words, it investigates people’s behaviour in the economy, examining thoughts, preferences and irrationality. This plays a pivotal role in how economic agents make their decisions, such as businesses and policy makers. For example, by acknowledging how consumers perceive the value of products, firms might design the best-fit message delivering to their customers. Also, acknowledging human behaviours might aid companies and governments to account for potential risks and suitable modifications. -By Vu Thanh Hao Ngoc 12AL1-

Today’s area witnesses the rapid rise of technology, and AI is gradually considered to replace humans. Some people believe that learning english is no longer necessary since AI is already a great tool for translating and communicating in multiple languages. But for many reasons, AI is still irreplaceable for learning english. First things first, we have to understand now that english has become a global language, things like education, businesses,jobs opportunities,... are all related to this language. Undoubtedly, AI has made communication more easier than ever for us. A simple demand and a few typed words can translate any language into english within seconds. However, learning a language is not just about translating words or remembering the vocabulary, is about developing our cognitive skills and enhancing cultural understanding. Studying english helps our brain to think in various ways, to analyze, to abstract ideas and thoughts to communicate them in a structured. The brain’s memory,problem-solving and cognitive flexibility skills are developed as we learn. Cultural differences are learned through humour, idioms, and social regulations which AI cannot replace. English learning gives a person a wide view and the ability to empathize with people from different countries. AI may translate the world accurately, but it cannot have the cultural value that people us accumulated over thousands of years of history. In general, AI definitely cannot replace the need to learn english. Rather than fear of replacement, we should embrace AI as a partner, a tool that helps us to enhance learning and embrace changes.