Luciernagas: Learn languages and literacy with fireflies and tortillas? It works.
“Hmm,” mused 10-year-old Isabella Gutierrez, deep in thought. The silence stretched. The Annunciation Catholic School fourth-grader furrowed her brow, trying to decide what her favorite part of the Luciernagas reading program has been so far. “There’s just so much stuff I like,” she finally announced, “but I think it was when we made tortillas!”
Cultural exchange: The Golden Triangle can expect more Japanese visitors soon. Jim Dickey can help us be a gracious host
“When somebody asks me about Japan, it’s hard to stop talking,” admits Jim Dickey, with a wide grin spreading across his genial face. Tall and trim, the Columbus man continues writing “Welcome to Mississippi” in Japanese on a big dry erase board in a Mississippi University for Women classroom.
Our View: The ever-evolving English language
Ours is a living language. Words that meant one thing as late as a decade ago have new meaning.
There are the obvious ones: Bad now means good in some circles.