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1. Huntington Library and Gardens (in Pasadena, CA)
2. Archdiocese of Los Angeles (the Catholic Church of Los Angeles)
3. Girl's State
4. Homeboy Industries (Boyle Heights, CA)
5. The 1984 Olympics (held in Los Angeles)
6. My mother (with me at the Huntington Library below!)
7. My older sister (we played school)
8. Learning video games at my public library you got to play for FREE on the brand new Apple 2E computers donated by a new little-known company called Apple Computers (Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? & Oregon Trail)
10. Public library (summer reading program where reading got you free pizza points!)
11. S.E. Hinton
12. Weekly piano lessons with Mrs. Crider
13. Dr. Williams (favorite undergraduate professor)

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1. My brother's Godfather, Lambros (told us stories & sang traditional Greek songs)

2. Playing Scrabble as a kid

3. Being translator for my immigrant parents, brother (before he learned English), and grandmother

4. basketball (coach gave us notebooks to learn plays)

5. Practicing my French when we would visit family in Montreal

6. Greek School (church)

7. Greek Mythology (giant book I read over and over)

8. Dr. Paul Goldstene (college)

9. Human Services 45 (an elective course where we tutored lementary school kids in reading)

10. Used to play 'school' with my neighbor, who was 1 year older than me. I was the student and she was the teacher (learned years later I was doing her homework)

11. Sesame Street & The Electric Company on Saturday mornings

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My grandfather's almanac

Full House (Thing before Fuller House)

Hollywood movie series on Friday nights (in Japan)

Essay writing contests (many Japanese school children participated in these as part of school curricula)

Friends from home

UCSB

My child's Spanish-English bilingual school

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-2 Grandmothers (pictured below at my college graduation) and their full journals and bookshelves
-being the only child meant being included in conversations as a peer, not a child
-community conversations
-Judy Blume
-Dr. Betsy Watson
-Jody Woodbury (HS English teacher) and Carl Woodbury (HS Gov't teacher)
-Thomas, my grandmother's Siamese cat (aka my best student)
-Reading Rainbow
-Sweet Valley High

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1. Learning commons in my high school.
2. UCD
3. Friends
4. Ms. H, my high school English teacher
5. A science fiction called ‘Three Body’
6. My parents

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Eye exams
Watching older sister record herself reading books
First grade reading circles
Moving to Australia in 6th grade and mispronouncing words when reading aloud in class
Teaching my daughter to read
Friends
My uncle Bob's home library

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1. My parents
2. The public Library in my city
3. My high school literature teacher Mrs. G
4. A literary magazine called The Readers in my country
5. My good friends
6. My Spanish teacher
7. Some TV series or dramas.

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1. My family members
2. My High school
3. My secondary school teacher MRS. Qin Zhu
4. The library in my city
5. My first tofefl writing teacher
6. My friends
7.The first book I read

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1. My parents
2. Khan Academy
3. My high school teacher Ms.Liu
4.  "Animal Farm" by George Orwell
5. Teaching my classmates math
6. My favorite movies
7. UC Davis

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1.My parents(specifically my mom taught me spanish)
2.my grandparents (taught me spanish)
3. all my highschool teachers honestly
4. all my coaches throughout childhood
5.my brother(would show me memes and we just talk)
6. my cousins/ friends(taught me a lot about life back home lol helped me get to davis from what i learned)

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1. My father & My mother

2. All of instructors

3. High school & UC Davis

4. Television program (Japanese anime)

5. Youtuber

6. My friends

7. Book authors (Cixin Liu, Ocarina, JuanJiao)

8. Movie (Catch me if you can)

9. Video games (identity V)

10. Board games (murder mystery game)

11. Magic tricks

12. Boxing club in China

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1. family
2.friendship
3.cooking skill
4.academic success
5.sports
6.my dogs
7.weather
8.favourite movies

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My mother teaching me how to play the piano.

The college advisor who guides me through my major requirements.

UCD as a literacy sponsor.

High school music band (teacher taught us how to play the music pieces).

Fullerton Public Library ( in Fullerton, CA).

Spanish teacher from high school.

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1. My friends
2. My high school English writing teacher Mrs. Cook.
3. My parents
4. UCD
5. hip-hop music (Eminem, J.cole...)
6. My brother Leo
7. Junior high school's library

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1. My high school's international students' writing program (ESL1&ESL2)
2. Cheerleading practice (from 10th grade, we write diary and journal after practice or competition.
3. My neighbor named Ana who always play word games with me.
4. Living in the dorm with international students from different countries in high school.
5. Christian school ( church)
6. Modern Family tv show
7. Community service activities I did every week( communicate with native speakers)
8. Essays writing clubs in China
9. Maryland public library
10. Harvard Model UN 2022

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1. Family
2. Friend
3. Library in UCD
4. My high school teacher
5. Youtube
6. UCD
7. Novel
8. Drama

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1. My parents.
2. My best friend Andy who was studied in a high school with me.
3. Bilibili (a Chinese app like YouTube)
4. The library in my high school.
5. Shield’s Library(in Davis,CA)
5. Novels
6. Video games on steam
7. TV series and movie.
8. NBA live
9. Teacher Chen in high school.

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1. My friends
2. My high school English writing teacher Mrs. Cook.
3. My parents
4. UCD
5. hip-hop music (Eminem, J.cole...)
6. My brother Leo
7. Junior high school's library

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1. My father (pay for my school and life.)

2. My mother (taught me dancing.)

3. My friends

4. My teachers from primary school until college

5. My boarding high school ( experience of dorm life)

6. some TV dramas

7. Books

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1. My mother(who read me English stories)

2. Tv show like Supernatural

3.My high school teacher

4.Movies(Inception）

5. rappers(Chris Brown, Roddy Rich)

6. NBA

7. UCD classes

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Story Links Click Here - Murray State Basketball Tickets

Murray State Athletics announced it will retire the No. 12 worn by recent Racer Great in a ceremony at halftime of the Racer men's basketball game against SIUE Saturday (Feb. 1), at the CFSB Center in Murray, Kentucky. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. with the tip.

The honor bestowed on Morant comes after an amazing two seasons with the Racers (2017-19) and since, has positioned himself as one of the top candidates for the NBA Rookie of the Year award with the Memphis Grizzlies.

"From 2017-2019, we had the great privilege of coaching one of the best players in college basketball history," said Murray State Coach Matt McMahon. "As I've said many times before, is a once in a lifetime player who has been an incredible ambassador for Murray State University. His unique combination of explosive athleticism, intelligence, unselfishness, and relentless competitive drive enabled him to lead the Racers to back-to-back championship seasons and countless magical moments on the court. He is the ultimate winner, an elite teammate, and an absolute joy to coach. We look forward to seeing #12 Murray State jersey drop from the rafters on Saturday night. He is so deserving of this special honor!"

"We are incredibly honored and privileged to welcome Ja, and his family, back to campus for this special ceremony," said , Murray State's Director of Athletics. "Ja's impact on Murray State University, the Athletics Department and basketball program cannot be overstated. Racer Nation has an opportunity to experience a truly historic event at halftime of Saturday night's game, as we welcome the Morant family back home to Murray and pay tribute to his legacy in the rafters of the CFSB Center."

Morant will become the 11 th Racer men's basketball player to have his number retired and the first since Isaiah Canaan in 2018.

Murray State fans are invited to come out to the CFSB Center and be a part of his historic night when the Racers honor the great . Murray State basketball tickets are available online through ticketmaster.com, in person at the arena, or by calling 270-809-3000.

Here is the history of MSU men's basketball retired numbers and the history of at Murray State and with the Memphis Grizzlies.

Morant's run at Murray State lasted 65 games before he declared for the NBA Draft on April 3, 2019

In the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons, Morant helped the Racers win back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference championships, OVC Tournament championships and make two NCAA Tournament appearances.

The Racers went 54-11 overall and 32-4 in the OVC in his two seasons.

After beating Marquette in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, the Racers finished 29th in the final Associated Press poll.

In the Marquette game, Morant had just the ninth triple-double in NCAA Tournament history in MSU's fourth NCAA tourney win.

Winner of the Bob Cousy Award for the nation's best point guard.

Was a finalist for the John Wooden Award for national player of the year.

Was named the winner of the Lute Olson as the nation's player of the year

Morant was a 13-time All-America selection and was the OVC's first consensus All-America since 1971.

He finished the season with 331 assists, the sixth-most in NCAA single-season history.

He set the MSU and OVC assist records in only two seasons.

Morant set the MSU single-season scoring mark with 808 points.

In 2018-19, he averaged 24.5 points and 10.0 assists per game and became the first player since the NCAA made the assist an official stat in the 1983-84 season to average 20 points and 10 assists.

He was the 2019 OVC Player of the Year and OVC Tournament MVP and OVC Male Athlete of the Year.

Morant's NBA Rookie Season

Selected second overall in the 2019 NBA Draft.

Named NBA Western Conference Rookie of the Month for October/November and December, becoming the first player in franchise history to win the award in consecutive months.

Leads all NBA rookies in scoring average, assists and free throw percentage and ranks second in field goal percentage and third in steals.

Morant is taking aim at the team rookie record for scoring average (Shareef Abdur-Rahim, 18.7ppg, 1996-97) and assists per game (Mike Bibby, 6.5apg, 1998-99).As of Jan. 20, he was averaging 17.9ppg and 7.0apg.

Had a season-high 30 points (Oct. 27) at Brooklyn.

Morant ranks fourth in the NBA (with LeBron James) in fourth-quarter points per game (7.6).

Became the third player in NBA history to record 30 points and nine assists in one of his first three career games, joining Isiah Thomas (1981) and Trae Young (2018).

Memphis Grizzlies Draft Morant
In June 2019, Morant became the highest NBA Draft pick in the history of the Ohio Valley Conference when the Memphis Grizzlies selected him as the second pick.

Murray State Basketball Retired Numbers
21 Bennie Purcell, 1952
16 Garrett Beshear, 1953
19 Howie Crittenden, 1956
15 Jeff Martin, 1989
30 Paul King, 1991
54 Popeye Jones, 1992
26 Joe Fulks, 2001
20 Johnny Reagan, 2003
5 Marcus Brown, 2010
3Isaiah Canaan, 2018

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Ja Morant's #12 To Be Retired Saturday - Murray State University Athletics

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Murray State Athletics announced it will retire the No. 12 worn by recent Racer Great Ja Morant in a ceremony at halftime of the Racer men's basketball game against SIUE Saturday (Feb. 1), at the CFSB Center in Murray, Kentucky. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. with the tip.

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1.      Professors in UCD

2.      My family members

3.      All of my books (I like reading)

4.      My classmates from peer reviewing group

5.      Video games which force me to learn English

6.      My favorite movie: Léon: The Professional

7.      A lot of songs that I like