{"id":4129,"date":"2017-09-09T00:01:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T05:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jlsp.us\/?p=4129"},"modified":"2017-09-08T09:36:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T14:36:09","slug":"smile-vol-15-september-9-2017-h29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/?p=4129","title":{"rendered":"SMILE Vol.15 September 9, 2017 (H29)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>An emotional eraser<\/h1>\n<p>We use an eraser when we write something wrong or have the wrong answer when studying. In fact, we all have an emotional eraser.<br \/>\nWhen we do something wrong to our friends or family, or bother someone; or when we cannot deliver what we were asked to do, we say \u201cI\u2019m sorry\u201d or \u201cI apologize.\u201d This is just like an emotional eraser. Regardless you\u2019re a child or an adult, when we realize our mistakes, we can avoid a disagreeable feeling or an argument if we use the emotional eraser with courage.<br \/>\nThe more we use this emotional eraser, the easier it can erase. Or it becomes harder and harder to use or nothing will get erased.<br \/>\nI believe we can use the emotional eraser to brighten our lives.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Life slogan award ceremony<\/h2>\n<p>The Life Slogan Award Ceremony was held on September 2nd. All winners received certificates and commemorative items and their life slogan will be posted at school. All participants have also received a participation award.<a href=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/award2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4130 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/award2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"207\" data-id=\"4130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/award2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/award2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/award2.jpg 790w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe thank Keisen Associates for their donation of prizes.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Award-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4132 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Award-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"138\" data-id=\"4132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Award-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Award-1.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 103px) 100vw, 103px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Are you holding your pen right?<\/h2>\n<p>According to a survey conducted at elementary schools, less than 10% of the students hold their pens correctly.<br \/>\nWhat you<a href=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/finger.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4133\" src=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/finger.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"98\" data-id=\"4133\" \/><\/a> should pay attention to is that, the same rate was shown in other grades as well. This makes you wonder if you will eventually hold your pen correctly or not when growing up.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4134 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/writing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"74\" height=\"171\" data-id=\"4134\" \/> English and other European languages are written from left to right. It makes it easier to hold your pen with your index finger. However, Japanese is written from top to bottom, which requires the pen to be in between the thumb and the ind<\/p>\n<p>ex finger. Also, we don\u2019t bend our wrist as much as when writing in English.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Reading Awards<\/h2>\n<p>Congratulations to those who reached Yokozuna! Through reading, I believe those who made it have filled up with courage, adventure, gentleness, and compassion. We congratulate you on your efforts of reading many books and for the jobs well done!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4135\" src=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/reading.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"92\" height=\"107\" data-id=\"4135\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Kindergarten<\/b><br \/>\nK2: Sako Shuji<br \/>\n<b>Elementary<\/b><br \/>\nE1: Huebner Sho<br \/>\nE3: Cummings Naya, Kitagawa Kousei, Fujiki Yu<\/p>\n<h2>Announcement Corner<\/h2>\n<p>Please park at the Lankenau Hospital on September 16th. Be sure to remember your name card issued by the school.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h1>An emotional eraser<\/h1>\n<p>We use an eraser when we write something wrong or have the wrong answer when studying. In fact, we all have an emotional eraser.<br \/>\nWhen we do something wrong to our friends or family, or bother someone; or when we cannot deliver what we were asked to do, we say \u201cI\u2019m sorry\u201d or \u201cI apologize.\u201d This is just like an emotional eraser. Regardless you\u2019re a child or an adult, when we realize our mistakes, we can avoid a disagreeable feeling or an argument if we use the emotional eraser with courage.<br \/>\nThe more we use this emotional eraser, the easier it can erase. Or it becomes harder and harder to use or nothing will get erased.<br \/>\nI believe we can use the emotional eraser to brighten our lives <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/?p=4129\">\u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4129"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4140,"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4129\/revisions\/4140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jlsp.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}