Tag: american culture
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America in Decline? I Don’t See It.
I’ve been blessed with two months of blissful rest this summer. It’s been wonderful to reconnect with many family members I don’t have the opportunity to visit often. I’ve had the chance to eat some (too much, actually) some culinary delights which I didn’t get often in Asia. And I’ve had ample chances already, with…
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The Reason is Now Clear
In this article “Mom is Shamed for Cake Slice in Kid’s Lunch,” I have begun to understand why the heavens didn’t want me to raise my kids in the United States. It would not have been pretty. And unfortunately, this article isn’t an outlier. There are (regrettably) way too many instances of schools telling parents what they…
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Twenty Years Can’t Shake the American Out of Me
I’ve in Asia for most of the last 20+ years. But an incident last week made me realize that I am still very much an American. It has to do with space. Not outer space. Personal space. I like it. Don’t encroach on me or I might act rudely. Here’s what happened: I was at…
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Students who get upset about yoga should learn a thing or two about cultural change.
For students trying to seem so culturally aware and intellectual, they are completely clueless. Check out this article: Ottawa College Bans Yoga I completely agree with the following article. Article on Cultural Appropriation Okay, so where are we at on this topic? These are lessons I teach my ninth-graders. Culture changes. You can’t stop it,…
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Cool Things About America #1
I’ve been enjoying my home country for the past month. Gorging in way too much food and freezing my tail off in this supposed “summer” weather. Why they even bother to sell swimwear in the frigid regions of the northeast I’ll never know. It’s mid-July and it was only 57 degrees in Friendship, NY at…
Author Mark W Sasse 