The Student News Site of The American School in Japan Sun, 01 Mar 2020 09:10:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 /campus-life/humans-of-asij-anna-komisarof-20/ /campus-life/humans-of-asij-anna-komisarof-20/#respond Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:25:13 +0000 /?p=2222 Reading Time: < 1 minute 鈥淢y passion is using my interests as a way to contribute to the community. For example, last year I did EMPWR, which was combining my passion for fitness and female empowerment and advocating for girls. Also, recently I have been helping out in middle school and through (the club) SAFE and reducing plastic on campus....]]> /campus-life/humans-of-asij-anna-komisarof-20/feed/ 0 /campus-life/humans-of-asij-anna-komisarof-20/attachment/img_5629/ /campus-life/humans-of-asij-anna-komisarof-20/attachment/img_5629/#respond Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:24:22 +0000 /wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_5629.jpeg /campus-life/humans-of-asij-anna-komisarof-20/attachment/img_5629/feed/ 0 /campus-life/humans-of-asij-anna-komisarof-20/attachment/img_5627/ /campus-life/humans-of-asij-anna-komisarof-20/attachment/img_5627/#respond Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:23:52 +0000 /wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_5627.jpeg /campus-life/humans-of-asij-anna-komisarof-20/attachment/img_5627/feed/ 0 /campus-life/humans-of-asij-xian-benning-21/ /campus-life/humans-of-asij-xian-benning-21/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2020 01:00:25 +0000 /?p=2217 Reading Time: < 1 minute 鈥淛unior year聽 I would say, I have a very different approach than a lot of other people do. I think that sophomore year was definitely my hardest year, and in junior year I realized that I could prioritize things that I like. So, I put more effort into English, and my AP鈥檚.鈥澛� 鈥淚t鈥檚 really exciting...]]> /campus-life/humans-of-asij-xian-benning-21/feed/ 0 /campus-life/humans-of-asij-xian-benning-21/attachment/a03c1e78-2bab-4fea-8bd9-375d4a04dccd-elizabeth-rekate/ /campus-life/humans-of-asij-xian-benning-21/attachment/a03c1e78-2bab-4fea-8bd9-375d4a04dccd-elizabeth-rekate/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:59:20 +0000 /wp-content/uploads/2020/02/A03C1E78-2BAB-4FEA-8BD9-375D4A04DCCD-Elizabeth-Rekate.jpg /campus-life/humans-of-asij-xian-benning-21/attachment/a03c1e78-2bab-4fea-8bd9-375d4a04dccd-elizabeth-rekate/feed/ 0 /campus-life/humans-of-asij-xian-benning-21/attachment/06bdc72b-d5bc-4133-abdb-052a034cd3c4-elizabeth-rekate/ /campus-life/humans-of-asij-xian-benning-21/attachment/06bdc72b-d5bc-4133-abdb-052a034cd3c4-elizabeth-rekate/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:58:54 +0000 /wp-content/uploads/2020/02/06BDC72B-D5BC-4133-ABDB-052A034CD3C4-Elizabeth-Rekate.jpg /campus-life/humans-of-asij-xian-benning-21/attachment/06bdc72b-d5bc-4133-abdb-052a034cd3c4-elizabeth-rekate/feed/ 0 /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-youri-zuo/ /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-youri-zuo/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2020 02:21:11 +0000 /?p=2156 Reading Time: < 1 minute 鈥淚 speak Japanese and English, and I also speak Japanese at home. I don鈥檛 really mind it.鈥� About going back to New York and being/speaking Japanese: 鈥淚t鈥檚 not much of a big change since I can speak both English and Japanese, but for someone like my mom who doesn鈥檛 speak English, it鈥檚 a bit difficult...]]> /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-youri-zuo/feed/ 0 /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-youri-zuo/attachment/img_5590/ /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-youri-zuo/attachment/img_5590/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2020 02:19:32 +0000 /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_5590.jpg /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-youri-zuo/attachment/img_5590/feed/ 0 /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-youri-zuo/attachment/img_5592/ /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-youri-zuo/attachment/img_5592/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2020 02:18:24 +0000 /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_5592.jpg /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-youri-zuo/attachment/img_5592/feed/ 0 /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-cora-eaton/ /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-cora-eaton/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2020 12:16:10 +0000 /?p=2128 Reading Time: 2 minutes Cora Eaton is a senior at ASIJ who has been in Japan for three years. Cora has lived in many places and gone to different schools, so being on sports teams had always been a constant. 鈥淚 love athletics. I play basketball and volleyball, and it鈥檚 just something that has always been a big part...]]> /campus-life/humans-of-asij/humans-of-asij-cora-eaton/feed/ 0