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This paper examines the possibility of building a bridge between culture and academics in order t... more This paper examines the possibility of building a bridge between culture and academics in order to fill the gap between them, and the role of traditional culture in an academic setting. It is evident that there is a gap between Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts taught in the classroom. The gap is that there is no blending of the Micronesian cultural heritage and the modern educational concepts. In other words, the bridge between academic abstractions and lived socio realities does not exist. In order to fill the gap, the blending of Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts must take place, or the bridge between academic abstractions and lived socio realities must be built. The blending and building of Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts will allow students to adapt to the constraints of today’s modern academic world, and be encouraged to maintain their identities. Furthermore, the blending will allow educator...

Born and raised on the island of Saipan to Micronesian parents, I was always told a story before ... more Born and raised on the island of Saipan to Micronesian parents, I was always told a story before bedtime. These stories were not just ordinary ones. They provided a mystique and an insight into my own learning of the Micronesian ways. It is because of these stories that I have an interest in retelling and writing Micronesian short stories. In the early 1980's, I completed my elementary level education in Saipan before attending Xavier High School in Chuuk State. Following my high school graduation in 1987, I furthered my education at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where I received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy with emphasis in English and Theatre Arts in May of 1992. Since then, I worked as a high school Counselor at the Pohnpei Islands Central School and the Talent Search Program. After several years at the high school and TSP, I began my teaching career at the College of Micronesia-FSM. There, I taught Philosophy, Drama, Expository writing I and II, Advance...

This paper examines the possibility of building a bridge between culture and academics in order t... more This paper examines the possibility of building a bridge between culture and academics in order to fill the gap between them, and the role of traditional culture in an academic setting. It is evident that there is a gap between Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts taught in the classroom. The gap is that there is no blending of the Micronesian cultural heritage and the modern educational concepts. In other words, the bridge between academic abstractions and lived socio realities does not exist. In order to fill the gap, the blending of Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts must take place, or the bridge between academic abstractions and lived socio realities must be built. The blending and building of Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts will allow students to adapt to the constraints of today’s modern academic world, and be encouraged to maintain their identities. Furthermore, the blending will allow educator...

This paper examines the possibility of building a bridge between culture and academics in order t... more This paper examines the possibility of building a bridge between culture and academics in order to fill the gap between them, and the role of traditional culture in an academic setting. It is evident that there is a gap between Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts taught in the classroom. The gap is that there is no blending of the Micronesian cultural heritage and the modern educational concepts. In other words, the bridge between academic abstractions and lived socio realities does not exist. In order to fill the gap, the blending of Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts must take place, or the bridge between academic abstractions and lived socio realities must be built. The blending and building of Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts will allow students to adapt to the constraints of today’s modern academic world, and be encouraged to maintain their identities. Furthermore, the blending will allow educator...

This paper examines the possibility of building a bridge between culture and academics in order t... more This paper examines the possibility of building a bridge between culture and academics in order to fill the gap between them, and the role of traditional culture in an academic setting. It is evident that there is a gap between Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts taught in the classroom. The gap is that there is no blending of the Micronesian cultural heritage and the modern educational concepts. In other words, the bridge between academic abstractions and lived socio realities does not exist. In order to fill the gap, the blending of Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts must take place, or the bridge between academic abstractions and lived socio realities must be built. The blending and building of Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts will allow students to adapt to the constraints of today’s modern academic world, and be encouraged to maintain their identities. Furthermore, the blending will allow educator...

Born and raised on the island of Saipan to Micronesian parents, I was always told a story before ... more Born and raised on the island of Saipan to Micronesian parents, I was always told a story before bedtime. These stories were not just ordinary ones. They provided a mystique and an insight into my own learning of the Micronesian ways. It is because of these stories that I have an interest in retelling and writing Micronesian short stories. In the early 1980's, I completed my elementary level education in Saipan before attending Xavier High School in Chuuk State. Following my high school graduation in 1987, I furthered my education at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where I received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy with emphasis in English and Theatre Arts in May of 1992. Since then, I worked as a high school Counselor at the Pohnpei Islands Central School and the Talent Search Program. After several years at the high school and TSP, I began my teaching career at the College of Micronesia-FSM. There, I taught Philosophy, Drama, Expository writing I and II, Advance...

This paper examines the possibility of building a bridge between culture and academics in order t... more This paper examines the possibility of building a bridge between culture and academics in order to fill the gap between them, and the role of traditional culture in an academic setting. It is evident that there is a gap between Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts taught in the classroom. The gap is that there is no blending of the Micronesian cultural heritage and the modern educational concepts. In other words, the bridge between academic abstractions and lived socio realities does not exist. In order to fill the gap, the blending of Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts must take place, or the bridge between academic abstractions and lived socio realities must be built. The blending and building of Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts will allow students to adapt to the constraints of today’s modern academic world, and be encouraged to maintain their identities. Furthermore, the blending will allow educator...

This paper examines the possibility of building a bridge between culture and academics in order t... more This paper examines the possibility of building a bridge between culture and academics in order to fill the gap between them, and the role of traditional culture in an academic setting. It is evident that there is a gap between Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts taught in the classroom. The gap is that there is no blending of the Micronesian cultural heritage and the modern educational concepts. In other words, the bridge between academic abstractions and lived socio realities does not exist. In order to fill the gap, the blending of Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts must take place, or the bridge between academic abstractions and lived socio realities must be built. The blending and building of Micronesian cultural heritage and modern educational concepts will allow students to adapt to the constraints of today’s modern academic world, and be encouraged to maintain their identities. Furthermore, the blending will allow educator...