Metamorphosis

Evolution: The Endless Progression of Time

Many of us are aware of Charles Darwin’s extensive theories of evolution, but what does that all mean beyond the bounds of scientific knowledge? How has everything around us evolved? How is it still evolving? These are questions we can answer only by “evolving” and enhancing our knowledge.

Evolution is commonly defined as the “gradual development of something or someone”. We have evolved millions of times throughout our 6 million years of existence on Earth alone. However, what lies beyond the surface of this planet is completely uncertain. Based off this definition, it’s pretty clear that evolution is basically all around us. Whether we like it or not, the world will evolve, and that is exactly what is happening right now.

You might be thinking of COVID-19 and how our lives, including our schooling, recreation and extracurriculars have evolved; but the truth is, that isn’t evolution. That’s simply change, because there it has the ability to completely reverse itself. COVID-19 has a limited longevity, but the growth of nations, people, and communities is everlasting.

In one minute, 10,000 planes take off to the skies, 300,000 tonnes of ice melt from Antarctic glaciers, 2500 tonnes of trash are created, and blood flows once around our body. How the world progresses and continues on is beyond our control –

change and evolution is everywhere. As growing students, we too evolve, we gauge the right moralities, improve our critical thinking – all as a consequence of evolution.

Innovation in itself has evolved; we went from creating simple theorem that related an object to the time it takes to fall from a height all the way to studying the trajectory of a 3D object through probabilities and mapping! The possibilities are endless. In the last edition, we had discussed the idea of innovation in language arts, well there’s plenty of evolution there! From the addition of hundreds of new words into the dictionary to the use of one word in millions of contexts, our understanding of simple concepts has evolved yet again into this beautiful masterpiece.

Finally, we are reminded of a time where the youth were ill-represented, where we were too “immature” or “unprepared” to face realism, but here we are, pioneering in advocacy for social, political, and mainly educational disparities. We have united to form several platforms, including WIN Times – there is evolution in our voices. We do not sit back, we make sure our voices are amplified, loud and clear and that is a true sign of evolution. Like a butterfly, let us evolve and metamorphosise into beautiful beings that flourish even when faced with adversity.

Conceptualized by our Senior Editor and Columnist, Aarav Pradhan of Year 11, “Metamorphosis” talks about growth and progression and targets the youth to innovate and spread their ideas, providing a platform for us as students to be creative. The word metamorphosis means development, and that is what we as youth do. Its emblem represents a butterfly spreading its wings and metamorphosing, similar to us growing up and gaining our voice and passions. “Metamorphosis” is the burning catalyst ready to create a never-ending spark of creativity in our minds!