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My father was the man of tricks, who sat for an hour mining a watermelon with a circular spoon, who carved the rind into a castle (Maxim, Promothon, Aldrich, Fara)

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My father was the man of tricks, who sat for an hour mining a watermelon with a circular spoon, who carved the rind into a castle (Maxim, Promothon, Aldrich, Fara)

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"I can do that", he said. "You don't have to be a  genius to do that" (Maxim, Promothon, Aldrich, Fara)

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"I can do that", he said. "You don't have to be a  genius to do that" (Maxim, Promothon, Aldrich, Fara)

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My father nodded. "That is like me. Let me see your forehead." We stopped and faced each other in the road. "You have a high forehead," he said, leaning down to take a closer look. "All smart people do."

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My father nodded. "That is like me. Let me see your forehead." We stopped and faced each other in the road. "You have a high forehead," he said, leaning down to take a closer look. "All smart people do."

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Calvin Matthew Kenza

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While my father moves his arms delicately over the stove, I begin dishing the rice out: first for my father, then my mother, then my brother, then myself.

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While my father moves his arms delicately over the stove, I begin dishing the rice out: first for my father, then my mother, then my brother, then myself.

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'"How can a child forget a language?" he would ask my mother. "It is because the child is lazy. Because the child chooses not to remember."' 

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'"How can a child forget a language?" he would ask my mother. "It is because the child is lazy. Because the child chooses not to remember."' 

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(Maxim, Promothon, Fara, Aldrich)

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My father pushes at the fish with the edge of his spoon. Underneath, the meat is white and the juice runs down along the side. He lifts a piece and lowers it carefully onto my plate

My father sighs and places the piece on my mother's plate.
(Calvin Matthew Kenza)

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Dying fish symbolizes a negative event will happen in the future (Cornelius, Charlotte, Oceane, Josie)

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Dying fish symbolizes a negative event will happen in the future (Cornelius, Charlotte, Oceane, Josie)

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"I walked proudly, stretching my legs to match his steps. I was overjoyed when my feet kept time with his, right, then left, then right, and we walked like a single unit. My father was the man of tricks, who sat for an hour mining a watermelon with a circular spoon, who carved the rind into a castle."

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"I walked proudly, stretching my legs to match his steps. I was overjoyed when my feet kept time with his, right, then left, then right, and we walked like a single unit. My father was the man of tricks, who sat for an hour mining a watermelon with a circular spoon, who carved the rind into a castle."

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(Maxim, Promothon, Fara, Aldrich)

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(Josie , Oceane , Cornelius , Charlotte)

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"I have no longing for the meals themselves, but I miss the way we sat down together , our bodies leaning hungrily forward while my father,te magician, unveiled plate."
( Fara,Maxim,Aldrich,Promothon)

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“Sometimes I dream my father, his bare feet flat against the floor, standing in the middle of the kitchen. He wears old buttoned shirts and faded sweatpants drawn at the waist.”

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“Sometimes I dream my father, his bare feet flat against the floor, standing in the middle of the kitchen. He wears old buttoned shirts and faded sweatpants drawn at the waist.”

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"He wears old buttoned shirts and faded sweatpants drawn at the waist." (Cornelius, Charlotte, Oceane, Josie)

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"He wears old buttoned shirts and faded sweatpants drawn at the waist." (Cornelius, Charlotte, Oceane, Josie)

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"I worried that I could not do so simple a task right. "Sorry," I would say to the table, my voice soft and embarrassed. In answer, my father would keep eating, pushing the rice into his mouth as if he never expected anything different, as if he noticed no difference between what he did so well and I so poorly. He would eat every last mouthful, his chopsticks walking quickly across the plate."

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"I worried that I could not do so simple a task right. "Sorry," I would say to the table, my voice soft and embarrassed. In answer, my father would keep eating, pushing the rice into his mouth as if he never expected anything different, as if he noticed no difference between what he did so well and I so poorly. He would eat every last mouthful, his chopsticks walking quickly across the plate."

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"Then he would rise, whistling, and clear the table, every motion so clean and sure, I would be convinced by him that all was well in the world."

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"Then he would rise, whistling, and clear the table, every motion so clean and sure, I would be convinced by him that all was well in the world."

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"In my father's face, I have seen everything pass. Anger that has stripped it of anything recognizable, so that it is only a face of bones and skin. And then, at other times, so much pain that it is unbearable, his face so full of grief it might dissolve."

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"You don't have to be a genius to do that."

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"You don't have to be a genius to do that."

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"My father did not need instructions or measuring cups. He closed his eyes and felt for the waterline. "
(Maxim,Promothon,Fara,Aldrich)

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"My father ran his thumb gently over my mouth, his face kind, as if trying to see what it was that made me different."

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"My father ran his thumb gently over my mouth, his face kind, as if trying to see what it was that made me different."

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Meagan, Alex, Angus, Orly

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(MAxim, Promothon, Fara, Aldrich)

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"I used to sit up on the kitchen counter watching him, how he sifted the grains in his hands, sure and quick, removing pieces of dirt or sand, tiny imperfections. He swirled his hands through the water and it turned cloudy. When he scrubbed the grains clean, the sound was as big as a field of insects. Over and over, my father rinsed the rice, drained the water, then filled the pot again."

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"I used to sit up on the kitchen counter watching him, how he sifted the grains in his hands, sure and quick, removing pieces of dirt or sand, tiny imperfections. He swirled his hands through the water and it turned cloudy. When he scrubbed the grains clean, the sound was as big as a field of insects. Over and over, my father rinsed the rice, drained the water, then filled the pot again."

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(Amanda, James and Peter)

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"...my father and I sat on the couch, flipping channels. He loved cooking shows."

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"...my father and I sat on the couch, flipping channels. He loved cooking shows."

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(Amanda, James, and Peter)

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"my father would keep eating, pushing the rice into his mouth as if he never expected anything different, as if he noticed no difference between what he did so well and I so poorly"

(Leila, Daniel, Benjamin, Nethan)

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“ I have no longing for the meals themselves, but I miss the way we sat down together, our bodies leaning hungrily forward while my father, the magician, unveiled plate after plate.”

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"My father was the man of tricks, who sat for an hour mining a watermelon with a circular spoon, who carved the rind into a castle."

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"My father was the man of tricks, who sat for an hour mining a watermelon with a circular spoon, who carved the rind into a castle."

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Meagan, Alex, Angus, Orly

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Theme: Loss of culture (Charlotte, Cornelius, Oceanne, Josie)

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Theme: Loss of culture (Charlotte, Cornelius, Oceanne, Josie)

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"We watched Wok with Yan, my father passing judgement on Yan's methods. I was enthralled when Yan transformed orange peels into swans. My father sniffed. "I can do that," he said. "You don't have tobe a genius to do that." He placed a sprig of green onion in water and showed me how it bloomed like a flower. "I know many tricks like this," he said. "Much more than Yan."Still, my father made careful notes when Yan demonstrated Peking Duck." (Lia, Johann, Arsh, Gabriella)

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"We watched Wok with Yan, my father passing judgement on Yan's methods. I was enthralled when Yan transformed orange peels into swans. My father sniffed. "I can do that," he said. "You don't have tobe a genius to do that." He placed a sprig of green onion in water and showed me how it bloomed like a flower. "I know many tricks like this," he said. "Much more than Yan."Still, my father made careful notes when Yan demonstrated Peking Duck." (Lia, Johann, Arsh, Gabriella)

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My father nodded. "That is like me. Let me see your forehead." We stopped and faced each other in the road. "You have a high forehead," he said, leaning down to take a closer look. "All smart people do." (Leila, Benjamin, Daniel & Nethan)

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"My father bought me a rice cooker when I first moved into my own apartment,.."

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"My father bought me a rice cooker when I first moved into my own apartment,.."

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I walked proudly, stretching my legs to match his steps. I was overjoyed when my feet kept time with his, right, then left, then right, and we walked like a single unit. (Amanda, James, Peter)

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I walked proudly, stretching my legs to match his steps. I was overjoyed when my feet kept time with his, right, then left, then right, and we walked like a single unit. (Amanda, James, Peter)