Editorial:
Happy New Year! will be proclaimed many times over the next few days until the climax at midnight, Dec. 31, when we say farewell to the old year, and ring in the promise of the New Year.
So we say Happy New Year! goodbye to all the bad memories, the bad events, the trials and the tribulations, they are now a distant memory. And we say hello to the hopes, the dreams, and the promise of the New Year!
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<p><span style="font-size: large;" data-mce-mark="1"><strong>Special Year-End Edition</strong></span></p>
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<strong>New America Media</strong></p>
<p>Long ago in my native homeland, Vietnam, I used to bow. As a grade school student, with arms folded, and eyes staring at my sandaled feet, I would mumble, “Thua thay!” – Greetings Teacher! – whenever I’d run into a teacher in the hallway or enter a classroom.</p>
<p>Such was the Old World tradition that honored and paid respect to the teaching profession.</p>