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Larsen turns heads with his big hits

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

From The Colorado Springs Gazette:

Spencer Larsen appears to be a model citizen.

In the short break between the morning walk-through and practice, the Denver Broncos rookie fullback/linebacker will often sit at his locker quietly and read the Book of Mormon. Larsen is married with two children. He is polite, accommodating and usually has a smile on his face.

He might be the nicest guy on the team. The nice guy takes on a different demeanor on Sunday, of all days. On the football field, Larsen is proving to be as vicious as any Broncos player.

Two weeks ago against New Orleans, Larsen made a hit that Broncos coach Mike Shanahan said was the hardest he had seen in the NFL. Larsen hit a Saints blocker on the first kickoff, and Shanahan said it looked like Larsen decapitated the Saints player.

Then on Sunday, Larsen sprinted downfield and crushed Chiefs kickoff returner Dantrell Savage. Larsen knocked him flat on his back and Savage’s helmet flew off at impact. The crowd at Arrowhead Stadium and the television broadcast team cried out involuntarily. CBS play-by-play announcer Greg Gumbel said Larsen hit Savage like a freight train.

Larsen didn’t seem too nice when he jumped up and down a few times after being mobbed by his teammates, as Savage found his helmet.

“He wouldn’t feel bad if he hit me that way,” Larsen said. “Everyone hears about the game face. On game day, you have to be a different person than you are off the field.”

He has drawn the attention of Shanahan, who took the unusual step of having Larsen work at linebacker and fullback to enhance his value.

“He is a very physical linebacker and that is why we have him playing not only linebacker but fullback,” Shanahan said.  (cont.)

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Mesa AZ: ‘Book of Mormon’ art on display at LDS temple

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

From The Arizona Republic:

Artwork depicting scenes from the Book of Mormon will be on display starting Saturday at the Mesa temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The 12 paintings by Arnold Friberg were commissioned by the church in the 1950s.

The original work is located at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. The artwork shown in the public event at the Mesa temple will be lithographs signed by Friberg.

One of the paintings was used to model the costume for the character of Moses in The Ten Commandments, said Chad Harris, art director for the show.

If you go

When: The paintings will be at the Mesa temple for six weeks beginning Saturday.

Where: Visitors’ Center, 101 S. LeSueur, Mesa. The grand opening will be 68 p.m. Saturday featuring music by Gilbert pianist Dustin Snow.

Cost: Free.

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LDS Missionary Participates in Historical Museum’s pie-eating contest

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

From Columbian.com:

Berry, berry messy: Rob Heckman of Portland, right, won Saturday’s pie-eating contest at the Harvest Fun Day, put on by the Clark County Historical Museum. Mormon missionary Tim McLerran, left, was hungry, so he joined the contest. (John Klicker/for The Columbian)

Meet some of the contestants:

Hunter Larson, 8. Red-headed, chubby-cheeked, likes to eat food, according to his dad. Has been talking about Saturday’s pie-eating contest for a week, ever since Marshall Elementary sent home a flier.

Carol and Albert Hines, married couple. Have done this before, the whole eat-till-you-just-about-puke thing, not quite sure why they’re doing it again.

Tim McLerran, 20, Mormon missionary from Virginia. Hungry from riding his bike around town and thought a pie might fill him up. Red-headed, like Hunter, name badge reads, “Elder McLerran.”

Rob Heckman, husband of a promotion person for KEX Radio, which is a sponsor for the pie-eating contest at Saturday’s Harvest Fun Day, which is put on by Clark County Historical Museum and takes place in the gravel parking lot across the street. He is also red-headed(!).

Master of ceremonies Pepper Kim, teacher at Legacy High School. Kind eyes, metallic fingernail polish. Walks with a staff topped with a cat head and offers this advice: “If you take the tin with your teeth and turn it over, it will be easier for you.”

So that’s what Heckman does, the ultimate winner of the adult pie-eating contest. He strides into the parking lot with the look of a contender, chest puffed out, and he attacks the pie with the energy of a pit bull, lunging forward, lapping up every last bit.
Next to him, McLerran doesn’t end up with a spot of apple pie on his white pressed shirt and tie.

McLerran isn’t concerned about winning, though: “I was riding around on my bike and someone said, ‘Hey, you want to enter a pie-eating contest?’ I’m a big food person, but I prefer healthy food. But a little pie-eating contest won’t hurt.”

At the end of the contest, Heckman turns to McLerran: “You want me to finish yours?”

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A debate: Are Mormons Christian?

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

From The Boston Globe:

Catholics and Protestants have long taken a dim view of various aspects of Mormon theology, but the candidacy of Mitt Romney for president brought to the fore (again) the deep suspicion with which some traditional Christians view the Mormon faith. (Mormons have sometimes taken a similarly dim view of the practices of traditional Christians, arguing that those churches lost their way shortly after the events of the New Testament, and that Mormonism is actually a restoration of true Christianity.) The magazine First Things, in its October issue, offers a meaty and interesting point/counterpoint between a Mormon and a Protestant theologian. The two, not surprisingly, disagree.

A key paragraph from Bruce D. Porter, who is a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

“Are Mormons Christian? By self-definition and self-identity, unquestionably so. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints affirms that it is a Christian-faith denomination, a body of believers who worship Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and who witness that salvation is possible only by his atoning blood and grace. By the simple dictionary definition of a Christian as one who believes in or worships Jesus Christ, the case is compelling. To the title Christian a critic of Mormonism may add any modifiers he deems appropriate—unorthodox, heretical, non-Nicene, different—but blanket assertions that we are not Christian are a poor substitute for informed argument and dialogue.”

And an excerpt from the response by Gerald R. McDermott, an Episcopal priest who is a professor of religion at Roanoke College:

“Mormon beliefs diverge widely from historic Christian orthodoxy. The Book of Mormon, which is Mormonism’s principal source for its claim to new revelation and a new prophet, lacks credibility. And the Jesus proclaimed by Joseph Smith and his followers is different in significant ways from the Jesus of the New Testament: Smith’s Jesus is a God distinct from God the Father; he was once merely a man and not God; he is of the same species as human beings; and his being and acts are limited by coeternal matter and laws. The intent of this essay is not to say that individual Mormons will be barred from sitting with Abraham and the saints at the marriage supper of the Lamb. We are saved by a merciful Trinity, not by our theology. But the distinguished scholar of Mormonism Jan Shipps was only partly right when she wrote that Mormonism is a departure from the existing Christian tradition as much as early Christianity was a departure from Judaism. For if Christianity is a shoot grafted onto the olive tree of Judaism, Mormonism as it stands cannot be successfully grafted onto either.”

(Depiction of Jesus from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.)

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A Message Concerning Preparation for Relief Measures (1933)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

From LDS.org:

Reported conditions in the state and nation suggest that a considerable burden may rest upon our Church relief activities in the near future. While it seems our people may properly look, as heretofore, for relief assistance from governmental and perhaps other sources, it cannot now be certainly foretold either what or how fully sufficient this assistance will be, and we must therefore prepare ourselves to meet the necessities that may fall upon us.

The Lord will not hold us guiltless if we shall permit any of our people to go hungry, or to be cold, unclad, or unhoused during the approaching winter. Particularly He will consider us gravely blameful if those who have heretofore paid their tithes and offerings to the Church when they had employment shall now be permitted to suffer when the general adversity has robbed them of their means of livelihood. Whatever else happens, these faithful persons must not be permitted to come to want or distress now. …

The Church organizations set up by the Prophet Joseph in the very early days of the Church, if properly coordinated by the bishops and presidents of stakes, are qualified by purpose, jurisdiction, ability of membership, and experience to carry on adequately, during the coming winter, the work of caring for Church members. Indigent non-Church persons will obviously look to other sources. But no one must be permitted to starve or freeze in our midst.

In rendering assistance to those in need, the Church officers should have one prime consideration in mind: namely, that relief, except to sick, infirm, or disabled, should not be extended as charity. Our faithful Church members are independent, self-respecting, and self-reliant; they do not desire charity. Our able-bodied members must not, except as a last resort, be put under the embarrassment of accepting something for nothing. In recognition of this wholly praiseworthy and admirable attitude of mind, Church officials administering relief must devise ways and means by which all able-bodied Church members who are in need may make compensation for aid given them by rendering some sort of service. It is believed that private and community enterprise in our wards and stakes can be found or created in sufficient quantities for this purpose.

The experience of some of those of our stakes in which there is now the largest proportion of unemployed persuades us that this can be done. …

We exhort the members of the Church to prepare to take upon their shoulders this great burden which now threatens us. The cries of those in distress must be hushed by our bounty. The words of the Lord require this from us. A feeling of common humanity bids it from us. Never has the Church membership had a better opportunity than now to reap a harvest from obedience to the law, given by the Savior, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” [Acts 20: 35]. If we shall fully observe that law, the Lord will pour out His richest blessings upon us; we shall be better and happier than ever before in our history; and peace and prosperity will come to us.

The spiritual condition and faith of the members of any ward or stake may be gauged by their response to this urgent call of the unfortunate for help.

To Israel of old, God spake through Malachi:

“Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

“Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it” [Mal. 3:8–10].

Out of an experience, rich in God’s blessings and chastisements, ancient Israel drew this bit of profound wisdom: “Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses … burst out with new wine” [Prov. 3:9–10].

These are the blessings promised to those who do not rob the Lord. We must not be guilty of this offense. We earnestly exhort the people to have faith in the Lord and His promises. Take Him at His word: “Prove me now herewith, … if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.” Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and learn how much the Lord will bless.

We wish the presidencies of the stakes and the bishops of the wards to urge, earnestly and always upon the people, the paramount necessity of living righteously; of avoiding extravagance; of cultivating habits of thrift, economy, and industry; of living strictly within their incomes; and of laying aside something, however small the amount may be, for the times of greater stress that may come to us. By no other course will our people place themselves in that position of helpful usefulness to the world which the Lord intends we shall take.

Heber J. Grant, Anthony W. Ivins, J. Reuben Clark Jr.

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David Archuleta Maze in Utah

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

From The Deseret News:

LEHI — “American Idol” star David Archuleta is bigger now than ever before — literally.

Covering 12 acres, Archuleta’s likeness, along with the phrase “Archuleta 4 President,” is cut into the cornfield at the 2008 Cornbelly’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Fest located at Thanksgiving Point.

During an election year, corn maze creator and The MAiZE founder, Brett Herbst, said his focus was initially turned to presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama.

“We really thought of Obama and McCain at first, but everyone we talked to was sick of the candidates,” Herbst said. “Then we said, ‘Let’s do Archuleta.”‘

Herbst said they had to get permission from Archuleta’s agent before going forward with the maze. Archuleta garnered more than 40 million votes while competing on “American Idol” earlier this year. Herbst said the corn maze was a good way to honor the Utah native’s accomplishment. Maze visitors will have a chance to win an autographed copy of Archuleta’s new self-titled album when it’s released Nov. 11.

While he wasn’t sure if Archuleta would be able to make it to the maze because of his schedule, Herbst said the young star hasn’t ruled out a visit — at least he hasn’t said no. In a statement from California, where he is working on his new album, Archuleta said he’s seen a lot of things and had a lot of experiences because of “American Idol.”

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Mormon DJ Performs in Tampa

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

From  The St. Petersburg Times (FL):

Kaskade

SATURDAY 10 p.m. Green Iguana 9202 Anderson Road, Tampa. $10-$15. (813) 288-9076

Mormon DJ Kaskade brings a breath of fresh air to electronic dance. He fuels the party largely with house that’s not over the top or grating (Sweet Love), trance that’s not cheesy (Move for Me) and vocals that are consistently sophisticated. It’s an awfully good buzz from a guy who steers clear of drinks or drugs. Kaskade’s classy catalogue of dance music — which includes elements of pop, soul, trip-hop, lounge, jazz and acoustic — has earned him a Pete Tong endorsement and top status on the San Francisco scene.

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Mormons embark on All-Africa Project…clean hospitals in Sekondi-Takoradi

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

From ModernGhana.com:

LDS Temple in Accra, Ghana

THE Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, over the weekend, embarked on community service dubbed ‘All African Service Project,’ an annual event which the church uses to clean all major health facilities in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis. The health facilities were the Effia-Nkwanta Hospital, Takoradi, Essikado and Kwesimintsim polyclinics.

According to the church, 300,000 man hours were what they were using all over the continent of Africa, dedicating their energy and service to the community in which they live.

The Stake President for Takoradi Ghana, Mr. Freebody Acquah Mensah, in an interview with press after the exercise, said the church recognised the essence of community service, and why it was necessary to make life worth living.

Currently, the church, he noted, had a population of over 3,000 in ten wards, and many branches in the Takoradi-Ghana Stake.

According to him, the church had been growing significantly over the years, and more branches and wards were being established to cater for members.

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Faith: Rochester couples address Mormon misperceptions

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

From The Post-Bulletin:

Gentree and Kale Bodily, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, talk about Mormon misconceptions.Michele Jokinen/Post-Bulletin

This year has been a challenging one in the media for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, known colloquially as the Mormon Church or LDS Church.

     
  Mormons in Rochester

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has a worldwide membership of 13 million people with 124 operating temples.

The church has no paid clergy. Members are asked to serve in different areas over different periods in their life. They belong to congregations called wards; the Rochester church has four. Each ward is presided over by a bishop, assisted by two counselors. A stake is collection of wards and is presided over by a stake president. All members continue in their full-time careers while serving in the church.

  
     

“We didn’t know how many misperceptions about Mormons were out there until Mitt Romney ran for president,” says Jessica Jacobson, a 34-year-old stay-at-home mom.Nathan and Jessica Jacobsen and their friends — Kale and Gentree Bodily, and J.G. and Emily Fletcher — are all members of the Rochester 3rd Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Their ward has approximately 400 members. During an interview, they discussed aspects of their religion as they relate to politics, polygamy and their efforts to debunk the myths of this oft-misunderstood religion.

Romney campaign

The campaign of Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, cast a spotlight on a religion many know little about and in some cases have given a false impression of the 13 million Mormons worldwide.

“Most of us were surprised by the number and source of anti-Mormon comments and the fact that so many people said they wouldn’t vote for Romney because he was Mormon. I think that Romney’s family life and values would have been a wonderful thing to hit the White House,” says J.G. Fletcher, 43, a radiologist at Mayo Clinic.

Kale Bodily, 31, a radiologist-in-training at Mayo, agrees that bias might have prevented some from looking at Romney as a good candidate. “If they would have just looked at his values, more voters would have found a lot in common with Romney,” Bodily says.

Though the media oftentimes focused on Romney’s faith, the church itself remained politically neutral.

“Our church does not and will not endorse any specific candidate. There was never pressure from the Church to support Mitt Romney,” Bodily says. “The only instruction we receive is to do our homework, be prayerful and make an educated decision about the best choice for a given political office.”

Media missteps

While many Mormons believed that their religion was widely accepted in mainstream culture, the media has continued to cast a spotlight on their lifestyle and pick apart practices, even ones that were abandoned long ago. Though many people associate the word polygamy with the Mormon faith, the Church discontinued polygamy officially in the 1800s and has no affiliation with any polygamous groups.  (cont.)

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Bridging a Jewish-Mormon rift

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

From The Chicago Tribune:

Grandpa’s arms always offered the warmest embrace. But he had an iron fist when it came to being Jewish.

Having watched his parents shun his brother Al for marrying a non-Jew, Grandpa didn’t marry my Christian grandmother until she had converted to Judaism. Later, my grandfather insisted that a rabbi marry my mom and dad. And he boycotted his sons’ weddings when they both married Catholics.

So imagine the shock when I learned that my late grandfather had been posthumously baptized a Mormon.

The news revealed nothing about my grandfather. After all, the baptism wasn’t his idea. Instead, it opened my eyes to the role of free will in the belief system of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly called the Mormon Church.

And it gave me a new perspective on a dilemma that generations ago nearly tore my family apart.

For years, the “Mormon side” of the family had been no more than shadowy characters in our genealogical soap opera. The “Mormon cousins,” as they came to be known, were the descendants of my great-uncle Al, who for years supposedly did not speak to his family because of the Christian woman he chose to be his wife.

The whole saga served as a cautionary tale for many of us about placing religious allegiance above family. Moral of the story: Family came first.

Eventually, my great-grandfather made amends with his son Al. But this was late in life, and by this time even my great-uncle had become a grandfather himself. There was something else: Uncle Al had found Mormonism. And so, another faith entered the clan, a faith that valued family and welcomed new converts with open arms.

When I finally met my great-uncle and cousins four years ago, I knew we were related just from the same quirky sense of humor we shared.

We had the same family stories, too, even some of the same photos in the family albums. And it was while flipping through those albums filled with family trees that I learned the news. Next to the names of my grandmother and grandfather were dates of their births, their deaths and their baptisms.

My cousins don’t archive family history for only sentimental reasons. They do so for a theological purpose. The Mormon Church calls on its members to pour their energies into the salvation of all people—including those no longer on earth.

To make sure every human being has a chance to reunite with God and family in heaven, Mormons baptize the dead by proxy, a practice my cousin describes as a sacred “power of attorney.”

Mormons trace their unique custom of baptizing the dead to the New Testament. In one of his letters to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul wrote: “Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptized for the dead?”

The verse confuses a lot of Catholics and Protestants. But for Mormons it makes perfect sense. They believe Christianity’s intent was restored through their church in 1830. They also believe God would not deny that good news to previous generations. So to be fair, everyone should get another chance in the next life to accept the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and that offer is proffered through baptism.  (cont.)

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Members Help With Ike Cleanup

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

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No deal–Let’s Not Be Paniced into Making a Huge Problem Worse

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

From The New York Times:

By Paul Krugman

I hate to say this, but looking at the plan as leaked, I have to say no deal. Not unless Treasury explains, very clearly, why this is supposed to work, other than through having taxpayers pay premium prices for lousy assets.

As I posted earlier today, it seems all too likely that a “fair price” for mortgage-related assets will still leave much of the financial sector in trouble. And there’s nothing at all in the draft that says what happens next; although I do notice that there’s nothing in the plan requiring Treasury to pay a fair market price. So is the plan to pay premium prices to the most troubled institutions? Or is the hope that restoring liquidity will magically make the problem go away?

Here’s the thing: historically, financial system rescues have involved seizing the troubled institutions and guaranteeing their debts; only after that did the government try to repackage and sell their assets. The feds took over S&Ls first, protecting their depositors, then transferred their bad assets to the RTC. The Swedes took over troubled banks, again protecting their depositors, before transferring their assets to their equivalent institutions.

The Treasury plan, by contrast, looks like an attempt to restore confidence in the financial system — that is, convince creditors of troubled institutions that everything’s OK — simply by buying assets off these institutions. This will only work if the prices Treasury pays are much higher than current market prices; that, in turn, can only be true either if this is mainly a liquidity problem — which seems doubtful — or if Treasury is going to be paying a huge premium, in effect throwing taxpayers’ money at the financial world.

And there’s no quid pro quo here — nothing that gives taxpayers a stake in the upside, nothing that ensures that the money is used to stabilize the system rather than reward the undeserving.

I hope I’m wrong about this. But let me say it again: Treasury needs to explain why this is supposed to work — not try to panic Congress into giving it a blank check. Otherwise, no deal.

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Muskegon library selling rare and valuable book

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

From WZZM13.com (MI):

The Hackley Library in Muskegon is selling its’ most valuable book - a rare first edition “Book of Mormon.”

5,000 books were printed in 1830 by Joseph Smith, the Founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Book collectors think only 1,000 first editions still exist.

The library’s board is selling the book through a rare book dealer in Salt Lake City, Utah. The book could demand a price of around $72,000 dollars. Any procedes from the sale will go to the library.

Martha Ferriby, the Director of Hackley Public Library said, “The library board has not decided what to do with the money. I am sure it will be used for some good project. There has been talk about new books, and there are things the building needs too.”

Since learning of the book’s high value, it has been moved off-site and placed in temperature and humidity-controlled storage.  (cont.)

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Former PHS student returns to teach Japanese

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

From The Daily Courier (AZ):

Prescott High School teacher Clark Tenney works from a textbook as the class studies the Japanese language Friday. 

Little did Clark Tenney dream while a student at Prescott High School in the 1980s that he would be teaching conversational Japanese there 21 years later.

Today, Tenney, who speaks fluent Japanese, is teaching 89 PHS students first-year conversational Japanese.

Why are these students learning this particular language? 

“Some want to visit Japan someday and want to be able to speak the language, while others think the language is ‘cool,’ or they want to study it in college,” Tenney said. “By taking it now, they have their two years of foreign language that many universities require today.”

Also, he said that while Japan has the world’s second-largest economy, the number of Japanese proficient in speaking English is limited, so the demand for Americans who speak Japanese is increasing.

Japan has intrigued the 1987 PHS graduate since he was a youth. He went on a two-year Mormon missionary trip to Japan during his university education. While there, he decided he wanted to teach Japanese.

Tenney has a bachelor of science degree in education and a bachelor of arts degree in Japanese teaching from Brigham Young University.

In addition, he taught Japanese for three years to students in a Utah high school before moving to Japan in 1996. There, he was an American teaching Japanese language and culture to American students in The American School in Japan. He taught there through the 2006-07 school year before moving his family back to Prescott.

In 2007-08, he taught U.S. History and Government at PHS. During the year, he got permission survey the students to see if they wanted to learn Japanese. More than 600 students said they were interested or somewhat interested.

After getting the blessing from the chairs of the school’s departments, the issue went before the Prescott Unified School District’s Board, which unanimously approved a two-year program at PHS.

Tenney started with the first year of Japanese and will add a second year next year.

Tenney said he expected about 45 students to sign up, but 100 did. Because of class scheduling conflicts and some of the students learning how difficult learning Japanese is, 11 have dropped out.

“Learning how to read and write in Japanese is very difficult, and learning to speak and listen in Japanese is more difficult than learning Spanish,” he said. “The Japanese language has 2,000 characters in it, which is what makes it so difficult.”

In Japan, Tenney said he could give students assignments to go home and interview people in Japanese, which he cannot do here.

“Unlike with Spanish, we don’t have a large population that speaks Japanese the students can practice on,” he said.

He uses the “Adventures in Japanese” textbook, which he used in Japan.

“I’m really pleased to see the progress the students are making and their level of interest in the language,” Tenney said.

Next year he hopes to enter some of his second-year Japanese language students in some speech competitions. He also hopes to take some students on a non-school trip to Japan next year.

“It’s great to be back and sharing what I enjoy with my students,” Tenney said. “The feedback from students is great so far. At our Back to School night several parents said they were excited their children are taking Japanese.” 

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