Future Subjects

Want to rant about the kid who kicked the bicycles. Want to glorify living in a clean environment (picked up) Want to explore the idea of stronger women leading to weaker men?? It's much more complicated than that. But must go vacuum right now.

starting up again

Let"s see if I can keep it up this time around!

I have just had a rather slow day and should have been grading papers...but instead I fiddled around all day long.

No, I didn't. I practiced the harp. I worked on my "pen shuji", I practiced 5 new kanji. I made dinner. I did laundry. I cleaned off the kitchen table, showed the Ichiyo kaikan to two elementary school girls, talked to the architect about why the Hall is leaking (again). So...not nothing.

There was a lot of staring off into space time but I am of the mind that that is rather important.

Great semester!

I just want to thank all the students in my classes for a very enjoyable and informative semester. I feel like I fall in love with Japan whenever I get to know such a great group! Thank you so much!

Of Thee Sing: A Letter My Daughters by Barack Obama

Who knew?! A president who writes a book! For children!

The pictures are beautiful too.

Where is my Amazon account?

Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus - Must See!

I love this! Food Court! Christmas! Wait for the magic...

NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams Open / Close from Washington D.C.

CEW! Flintstones Cigarette Commercial

Wow! I grew up with that and never even noticed!

It Gets Better: Dan and Terry

Dan and Terry decided to tell young LGBT kids that this terrible time of their life will be over and they CAN have a happy life.

Hey Study Abroad!

Do you remember your homework?

You were supposed to think about your strength and then do something that will make you happy.

How did that experiment go? Are you ready to talk about it tomorrow?

Mine went really poorly so I had to change what would make me happy.

And I think it worked.

Will tell you more tomorrow!

Monday Oct. 11. No Class

There will be no class oh Monday October 11th. However, you are supposed to attend something or other and get some kind of proof that you attended. I will use that to take attendance.

Have a good day!

Rebecca

inogolo : Name Pronunciation Guide -- Pronounce the Names of People, Places, and Stuff in English

inogolo : Name Pronunciation Guide -- Pronounce the Names of People, Places, and Stuff in English

Great site for looking up pronunciation of names!

TVCM「まぐろ」30秒版

Calling ALL Classes!
Now this is an excellent example of understanding from context. We all know what the "maguro" is, don't we? This kind of understanding is key to your success in learning a foreign language!

Lady Gaga acapella cover by some college boys

Wow! This made me laugh! Plus they are GOOD!

Study Abroad Class Question for the 10/7 Class

What is happiness? Are you happy?

Is Google Making Us Stupid? - Magazine - The Atlantic

Is this working ok?

Current Events Waseda (CEW)

What kind of media did you use today? Why did you use that media? What did you learn?

Further trials

Yes! I can do this on my iPad. This should work well!

Writer's Forum

There are so many good writers here. There should be some place to launch these pieces.

Is this kind if blog the best forum for this?

Can anybody post anything to this?

No, I would need to Ok it first, Must make sure I am checking this as I write because sometimes it give us the oddest spellings..

Oh NO!

So disappointed! My great idea for putting up a podcast of TBGB did not work at all. I think it is possible, in theory, but at the moment it is too complicated for me to figure out!

If you are interested, let me know by email, and I will send you the url for the site I am using!

I will figure out a way to keep this site going though!

Apologies!

Rebecca

Rebecca's Ozappa Blog Lives Again!

Long time no see!

And welcome to all my Ochadai students.

You are the reason I am starting this again.

You and TBGB.

Keep your fingers crossed....