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The Educator

One of the teachers at my school, when meeting her for the first time, called me an “educator,” a term used in the Marianas Variety to identify my occasional foray to public education. Being committed to the Public School System in the next five years makes me a qualitative...
Posted On May 16 2016 06:00
, By Jaime R. Vergara

Lao Ye Ye

I’ve used the word on our title before. In Chinese, it refers to “grandpa,” an endearing name one of my grandkids call me after he learned it in pre-school. It literally means, “old, old man.” So, the yin-yang dynamic is operational; an appealing term as well as an objective...
Posted On May 12 2016 04:00
, By Jaime R. Vergara

The Refaluwasch of our watch

Indigene Language Heritage Month was celebrated April and was dismally observed at the fest in my school, sparsely attended by both parents and teachers. Of course, we also have the Cultural Heritage Month in September but for now, we stay with what one nitwit coined: the...
Posted On May 09 2016 06:06
, By Jaime R. Vergara

Mother’s Day

A friend often talks about how the Satawal men navigate the open seas while the mothers are left behind to suckle the young. When not listing in the rough winds and typhoons, boats often are in warfare at a drop of a slight, or a tarnishing of honor. Either way, mothers are the...
Posted On May 05 2016 06:00
, By Jaime R. Vergara
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