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Month: February 2020

Classroom Conversations
English Language Arts 英語の国語
  • 2020-02-20
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  • 2 min
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Tagged Classroom Conversations, funny, humor, Middle School, middle school humor

Classroom Conversations

I keep a list of some of the humorous, if not ridiculous, verbal combinations that have come out of the mouths of students, myself, and colleagues while teaching middle school.

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Sounds Beautiful
linguistics 言語学
  • 2020-02-14
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  • 10 min
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Tagged beautiful sounding words, beautiful words, cacophony, euphony, Japanese Language

Sounds Beautiful

Isn’t it interesting that humans have feelings about the words that we use to express feeling?! This is property is called Phoneaethetics.

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CaucAsian
Poetry 詩
  • 2020-02-13
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Tagged Amerasian, Biracial, CaucAsian, Motherhood, poetry

CaucAsian

Sometimes you are American. Sometimes you are Japanese. Sometimes you are somewhere in between. And whether you are yellow, white, or a […]

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The McDonald’s House
Poetry 詩
  • 2020-02-11
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Tagged being grateful, being thankful, Haiku, Macdonald, poetry

The McDonald’s House

A haiku about my unconventionally colored home.

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Homophone Horrors
Poetry 詩
  • 2020-02-09
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Tagged Butterfly Pea, gardening, herbs, homophones, misunderstanding

Homophone Horrors

One of my favorite drinks is butterfly pea, not pee-pee pee, but pea-plant pea! I don’t drink butterfly urine!

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Unbound by Time or Place
Life Musings 哲学
  • 2020-02-08
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Unbound by Time or Place

The internet is incredible. This tool allows anyone to be unbound by culture or the time they happen to be born in.

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Thought Fractals
Life Musings 哲学
  • 2020-02-08
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  • 12 min
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Tagged Life Musings, Life on Purpose, philosophy, starting, writing

Thought Fractals

I don’t know where to start. Wait. That point is my starting point.

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Into Something
Poetry 詩
  • 2020-02-08
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Tagged ELA, English Language Arts, Haiku, poetry

Into Something

Action makes the future and potential real.

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Grace = I can wear heals!
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  • 2020-02-08
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Tagged American Woman, Life Musings, Life on Purpose, personal growth, philosophy

Grace = I can wear heals!

However, I really like heels. I like the way they make me feel when I walk. I like their empowering click. I like the chic professional dose they add to my step and posture, and intern my mood.

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Itadakimasu いただきます
Poetry 詩
  • 2020-02-08
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Tagged America, Diversity, Haiku, identity, poetry

Itadakimasu いただきます

An haiku about America’s cultural combinations.

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I'm Kendra Migita, a wife, mom, teacher, and military brat turned expat in Okinawa, Japan. I write about the joys and challenges of straddling the American and Japanese worlds.

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