The Student News Site of The American School in Japan Mon, 23 May 2022 12:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 /features/strangers-youtube-and-winnie-the-pooh/ /features/strangers-youtube-and-winnie-the-pooh/#respond Fri, 20 May 2022 03:43:03 +0000 /?p=3828 Reading Time: 2 minutes “You are braver than you believe, smarter than you seem, and stronger than you think.” Christopher Robin repeats this for Winnie-the-Pooh — but really for all children sitting at home — shortly after an endearing scene in which the two climb a tree, talking about when the day that they are no longer together will...]]> /features/strangers-youtube-and-winnie-the-pooh/feed/ 0 /opinion/3635/ /opinion/3635/#respond Fri, 11 Mar 2022 05:43:35 +0000 /?p=3635 Reading Time: 2 minutes Over 30 million. That’s how many people worldwide have turned to the AI-powered writing assistant, Grammarly. In their ad online, the non-threatening generic voice boldly promises it will make your writing “clear, mistake-free, and impactful.” However, these commercials, now dangerously close to an internet sensation, advertise a software useful only to a certain extent. They...]]> /opinion/3635/feed/ 0 /arts-entertainment/generation-z-go-watch-a-ghost-story/ /arts-entertainment/generation-z-go-watch-a-ghost-story/#respond Thu, 07 Oct 2021 23:26:06 +0000 /?p=3139 Reading Time: 3 minutes Famous directors are often predictable. With Martin Scorsese, we expect macho posturing films or sweet coming-of-age movies about a lanky boy. Turn to Quentin Tarantino for the nonlinear storylines, quick-paced action sequences, and violent depictions of American pop culture. In the case of David Lowery, you don’t know what to expect. However, one thing is...]]> /arts-entertainment/generation-z-go-watch-a-ghost-story/feed/ 0 /features/3-11-in-six-words/ /features/3-11-in-six-words/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2021 23:00:48 +0000 /?p=2909 Reading Time: 2 minutes Ten years ago, at 2:46 pm on March 11, disaster struck. Buildings swayed and hearts sank as a magnitude 9.1 earthquake hit from the shores of the Tohoku region. An hour later, 30-foot waves assailed Japan’s coasts, plowing into the lives of community after community. Three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station underwent...]]> /features/3-11-in-six-words/feed/ 2 /arts-entertainment/fran-lebowitz-living-with-pessimism/ /arts-entertainment/fran-lebowitz-living-with-pessimism/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2021 02:53:30 +0000 /?p=2905 Reading Time: 3 minutes Cigarette in hand, buttoned-up navy blazer, teashades pushed way up on the bridge of her nose, with no phone at her side, Fran Lebowitz is a picture of New York literati. To describe Lebowitz is to pinpoint the essence of New York, its history and character. Lebowitz is full of stories, sneering comments, and pessimistic...]]> /arts-entertainment/fran-lebowitz-living-with-pessimism/feed/ 2 /arts-entertainment/louise-gluck-and-the-nobel-prize/ /arts-entertainment/louise-gluck-and-the-nobel-prize/#respond Fri, 22 Jan 2021 04:59:17 +0000 /?p=2816 Reading Time: 3 minutes There are those few people in this world who can articulate emotions and a situation so well it’s frightening. Louise Glück—whose name rhymes with “click” and not “cluck”—is one of those people. Glück is a recipient of many awards for her profound poetry, such as the Pulitzer and Bollingen Prizes, the MIT Anniversary Medal, the...]]> /arts-entertainment/louise-gluck-and-the-nobel-prize/feed/ 0 /features/bonjour-tristesse/ /features/bonjour-tristesse/#respond Mon, 02 Nov 2020 08:57:50 +0000 /?p=2614 Reading Time: 3 minutes There is a thrill when it comes to new headlines. Headlines notify you the world is continually shifting, and that this moment is unlike any other. There are those in agony and desperate for help on the other side of the world, yet reading about them helps in a small way because you acknowledge them....]]> /features/bonjour-tristesse/feed/ 0