Phillip Milbouer: "Skills may come from the bloodline, but the passion of doing something is di
My whole family has a history in music. My great aunt was an organist for a church, my dad’s a professional bassist, my mom sings, and...
Mr. Charles McJilton: "Passion is just a reflection of your values in practice."
Follow your bliss. Follow what makes you feel alive. For me, passion is just a reflection of your values in practice. I chose to go live...
Riko Miller: "If you can’t stop the waves, then learn to surf."
There’s this phrase I love which I live by: “If you can’t stop the waves, then learn to surf”. Learn to surf, because there are so many...
Angela Panzica: "My parents raised me to always give my 110%."
I think my competitive nature comes from the fact that my parents raised me to always give my 110%. I remember in my childhood whenever...
Professor Mathew Thompson: "the important part is always being able to allow a little bit of ma
After completing graduate school in the States, I came to do research in Japan where I met my wife one night at a Halloween party. We...
Professor Matthew Strecher: "Remember that you will get used to them, but they will never get u
I come from Minnesota, the whitest place I’ve ever been, and I’m not just talking about the snow. The population demographic in our city...
Professor David Slater: "In that gap between the representation and the reality, there is alwa
It was 1986: Japan was bubbling, it was the model for the rest of the world. Everybody was trying to copy Japanese education because the...
Professor Sarajean Rossitto: "I can't believe you are letting your daughter go to Japan!&qu
My father was going to have an open heart surgery the week after my interview with the Tokyo YMCA. They told me I had two weeks to...
Lindsay: "I have had some pretty bad culture shocks here, it's insane."
Japan is just such an entirely different world from the United States. I have had some pretty bad culture shocks here, it’s insane. I was...
James: "Thousands of miles away from New York, but I felt right at home there."
I was devoted to cross country and track before getting the Shingles that ended my sports career, so I needed a new outlet. By accident,...
