Category: Road to 1000 days
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From Detroit to Dearborn: Finding My Reason to Learn Arabic

Explore a personal journey to learn Arabic, sparked by Detroit’s vibrant Middle Eastern culture. Discover essential phrases & challenge cultural misunderstandings.
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Left-Handed, Left-Cast: The Writing Crisis of 6th Grade

The 80s were a time of unsupervised adventures, but for me, one particular sidewalk race led to a memorable challenge. Imagine being in 6th grade, a left-hander, and suddenly facing “a cast for the next six weeks” on your dominant arm. “Holding a pencil or a pen in school and…