Comments on: Colonialism in Guam https://mushroom-scholars.org/colonialism-in-guam/ Teaching & Learning English Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:45:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: The Gator Guy https://mushroom-scholars.org/colonialism-in-guam/comment-page-1/#comment-1747 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:45:06 +0000 https://mushroom-scholars.org/?p=17038#comment-1747 ]]> In reply to Panem (Terry).

Excellent work! Remind me to award a green flag when we return to class 👍

]]> By: Bilbo Baggins of the Shire https://mushroom-scholars.org/colonialism-in-guam/comment-page-1/#comment-1745 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 07:18:02 +0000 https://mushroom-scholars.org/?p=17038#comment-1745 It is very good, though arguably this is worse than what prospero did to caliban because caliban was happy about it at first and prospero didnt try to discriminate against him

]]> By: Panem (Terry) https://mushroom-scholars.org/colonialism-in-guam/comment-page-1/#comment-1742 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:28:42 +0000 https://mushroom-scholars.org/?p=17038#comment-1742 In reply to The Gator Guy.

So I did some research on this matter, and I found for much of history, “CHamoru” was spelled “Chamoru”. However, in the CHamoru language, “Ch” is one distinct unit in the alphabet. Due to this, the goverment of Guam and cultural advocates have recently promoted the spelling “CHamoru” to preserve the linguistic integrity of their language. However, in common usage, the native language and people are still known without the second capitol letter. Which is most likely why the poem used no capital letters, to show how even the name and language of the people are spelled wrong.

]]> By: The Gator Guy https://mushroom-scholars.org/colonialism-in-guam/comment-page-1/#comment-1711 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 03:57:37 +0000 https://mushroom-scholars.org/?p=17038#comment-1711 👍 I noticed an interesting feature: The museum labels you've shared capitalise the first two letters of CHamoru, but the poem uses no capital letters at all. I wonder what the significance of that is 🤔 I think I'll add this post to our grade 8 unit 2 reading next year; thanks for sharing 👍👍]]> Oh yes, back on the green flag trajectory! It’s really good to see you connecting the theme we studied in class to real world experiences 👍👍

I noticed an interesting feature: The museum labels you’ve shared capitalise the first two letters of CHamoru, but the poem uses no capital letters at all. I wonder what the significance of that is 🤔

I think I’ll add this post to our grade 8 unit 2 reading next year; thanks for sharing 👍👍

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