Education

Teachers from Bob Hope Elementary school host a math night event for students and parents, February 23, 2023, on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. Teachers instructed parents on new math techniques to use with their children at home.

Why is resilience a critical quality to develop in your child? Because a resilient child will become a happy adult. Resiliency is the ability to rise above adversity. Overcoming the challenges with which the world inevitably blocks our way.

American and Japanese students pose for a group photo during Kubasaki High School’s visit to Naha Nishi High School in Naha City, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 1, 2023.

Airmen from around the 18th Wing met to strengthen their language skills during a Language Enabled Airman Program professional development session, which consisted of presentations by the Air Force Culture and Language Center and a current LEAP scholar Jan. 26, 2023, at Kadena Air Base, Japan.

My son’s first Valentine’s Day at school in Germany left me scrambling at the last minute. I’d made it to the base Exchange too late — the traditional boxes of themed sign-and-tear cards I remember giving away to my classmates when I was a little girl had long-since been sold out.

Once you arrive however, you’ll realize that there are many subtle and not-so-subtle differences between British and American English.