Don\u27t wake me, my desk is far too comfortable : an autoethnography of a novice ESL teacher\u27s first year of teaching in Japan

This thesis explores and analyzes a first year ESL teacher\u27s experience teaching at an all-girl\u27s private school in Nishinomiya, Japan. Chapter 3 is divided into 15 sections that tell the teacher\u27s story of living and teaching in Japan. This chapter includes description, dialogue, concurrent diary excerpts, photos, and theory. Chapter 4 analyzes these experiences and discusses the lessons the author learned while reflecting on her teaching in Japan. The main lesson learned was the importance of practicing cultural relativity--that is, opening one\u27s mind and realizing that there is more than one way to live, teach, and see the world. Chapter 5 compiles all the theory the author studied while attending graduate school, concluding with what she will bring from both her experiences in Japan and in graduate school into her current ESL classrooms --Leaf iv

Volume 73, Number 09 (September 1955)

The Messrs R and H Utah\u27s Singing Ambassadors of Good Will Carl Sandburg, the Musician Eugène d\u27Albert Reveals How Liszt Prepared for Scales Music vs. Guns Orchestra Member\u27s Check List Highly Significant Step (editorial) Requirements for an Artistic Career (interview with Joseph Szigeti) Contemporary Music—An Essential Part of the School Music Programhttps://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude/1097/thumbnail.jp

Volume 73, Number 09 (September 1955)

The Messrs R and H Utah\u27s Singing Ambassadors of Good Will Carl Sandburg, the Musician Eugène d\u27Albert Reveals How Liszt Prepared for Scales Music vs. Guns Orchestra Member\u27s Check List Highly Significant Step (editorial) Requirements for an Artistic Career (interview with Joseph Szigeti) Contemporary Music—An Essential Part of the School Music Programhttps://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude/1097/thumbnail.jp

The Marginalization of Afro-Asians in East Asia: Globalization and the Creation of Subculture and Hybrid Identity”

This article explores the topic of children born of biracial couplings in East Asia. The offspring of such unique unions face severe discrimination and marginalization. The status and future of this minority is especially salient in primarily homogenous states, such as Korea, Japan, and China, where racism varies from social stigma to institutionalized policies. The article will show that they have yet to create a cohesive group identity; they remain vulnerable to negative self image and socially imposed isolation. In such nations, progress in equality for Afro-Asians will require key Afro-Asian leaders and public figures taking a stand against prejudices, as well as international pressure, and an increase in the number of biracial people due to globalization, in addition to the growing interconnectedness through New Media. Through these actions a hybrid identity and group mentality will form for the Afro-Asians of East Asia

The BG News January 23, 1987

The BGSU campus student newspaper January 23, 1987. Volume 69 - Issue 68https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/5606/thumbnail.jp

The BG News January 23, 1987

The BGSU campus student newspaper January 23, 1987. Volume 69 - Issue 68https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/5606/thumbnail.jp

Walter Campbell:A distinguished life

An efficient and simple synthesis approach to form stable (68) Ga-labeled nanogels is reported and their fundamental properties investigated. Nanogels are obtained by self-assembly of amphiphilic statistical prepolymers derivatised with chelating groups for radiometals. The resulting nanogels exhibit a well-defined spherical shape with a diameter of 290 +/- 50 nm. The radionuclide (68) Ga is chelated in high radiochemical yields in an aqueous medium at room temperature. The phagocytosis assay demonstrates a highly increased internalization of nanogels by activated macrophages. Access to these (68) Ga-nanogels will allow the investigation of general behavior and clearance pathways of nanogels in vivo by nuclear molecular imaging

National Dances of The Nutcracker : A Study of Racial, Cultural, and National Depictions in a Classical Ballet

Character development is a large component of ballet performance that is integrated into each rehearsal process leading up to the show. In this year’s production of The Nutcracker, I danced the role of Chinese Soloist. As I began my character development, I asked myself, “How does a Chinese girl dance?” When the question is asked about other roles, it is easy to respond; however, when the character is tied to a specific nationality it becomes much more difficult. Generalization and cultural misrepresentation become possible risks. Alastair Macaulay explains in his article Stereotypes in Toeshoes¸ “The ranks of ballet companies contain dancers of varied backgrounds; race-blind casting and interracial partnerships have been widespread for decades. Yet cliched and sometimes offensive views of race remain alive and well across the art form. Several of the old ballets and a few of the new ones give us national and racial stereotypes that would be un-showable in a play or movie. And yet they draw audiences” (New York Times 2012). I have researched the cultural dances included in classical ballets, focusing on The Nutcracker, and investigated why it continues to draw audiences. My research and investigation has helped me to answer the questions: Where did the inclusion of national dances in The Nutcracker originate? Do the national dances authentically represent the cultures of each nationality? Are cultural misrepresentations an accepted aspect of classical ballets