Day: June 20, 2009

Refugee Day

Yesterday was my day to tutor my Bhutanese refugee. Before the lesson I met her at Oakland’s annual Refugee Day, an occasion I’d not known existed. Here’s a picture of her with her granddaughter. One granddaughter. Many granddaughters. During part of the day’s ESL instruction we worked with singular and plural. I spontaneously flew around the room with plastic Aquafina bottles in my hands and placing them here and there. This bottle. That bottle. These […]

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I Warned You!

I told you I have no memory. I forgot one of the cool things about my trip East, when we went to visit the house where I grew up. Mom dropped Anna and me off in front so we could walk around. It’s a corner house so you can peek in from three sides. Five or so kids — some of the current occupants — immediately ran toward us, friendly and chatty. They listened with […]

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