Mandarin Chinese

Senior Year

"I was wickedly curious and adventurous, perhaps to a fault. Could dip in and out of an imaginary land, become invisible, learn lessons by observation and the occasional awkward fumble forward. But I also carried the responsibility of changing the world for the better. To challenge the status quo. To spread kindness, especially to those that see themselves as outsiders. Those that feel they don’t belong. The unnoticed. But also continuing to battle the darkness. The shadows. The varieties of melancholy." This is the thirteenth and final episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns how the author manages to make it through high school and into the real world.

No Need to Panic

"The international portion of the program meant living for a month with a host family in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and working some sort of job – whatever job an awkward sixteen-year-old can handle in a culture not their own." This is the twelfth episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns how the author has solo adventures in foreign lands at the age of sixteen.

No Man’s Land

"Looking back now, it’s easy to see that the three years of junior high serve as a gateway, or a bridge between childhood and early adulthood. For teenagers, it the midst of it all, it can feel more like no man’s land." This is the eleventh episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns how the author survived the fetid trenches of junior high.

Down Mexico Way

"Ancient history was beckoning. The echoes of those that lived long ago." This is the tenth episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns how the author is dragged across the steaming jungle.

Mandarin Chinese

"I did try my best to learn Mandarin Chinese. To get the pronunciation correct. Write the characters with both pencil and calligraphy brush. But it was a struggle. Progress was slow." This is the ninth episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns how the author deals with language learning in junior high.