Growing up in school, particularly in spelling, you’d get a list of vocabulary words. New, challenging words that would come up throughout the lesson– new concepts and definitions and more sophistication. As you go through language school, they take you through a long list of vocabulary words as you go. There’s supermarket store words. Doctor’s… Continue reading New Vocab
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Sugar Bugs
A long time ago, while I was still in college, I worked as a professional nanny in the summers. There was one family I spent a summer with and the mother of a very all-American family had an interesting way to stress the importance of brushing one’s teeth to her 3 year old and 18… Continue reading Sugar Bugs
Smoking Car Syndrome
My first car was one that was passed around the family for a long time. It was a stick-shift which I grew to love, but was pretty old and rickety by the time I was finally graced with the privilege of driving it as my own. Still, it ran. And as a poor college student,… Continue reading Smoking Car Syndrome
Dakara…
The Japanese language can be ambiguous at times. Maybe many times. Often, the subject is left unsaid, because people get the gist (hm… didn’t know that was spelt with a “g”) of who is doing what. Unlike Spanish, the conjugated verb doesn’t tell who’s doing it. So, if you miss the beginning of the conversation,… Continue reading Dakara…
Ninja Mom 