- 2009年の「漢字」と「感字」募集 (J-CAST)
http://news.www.infoseek.co.jp/jcast/business/story/20091117jcast2009254111/ - Word of the Year '09 ~あなたが選ぶ、2009年の”漢字”と”感字”~(ニフティ)
http://word.nifty.com/#/top/
Information that may be useful/benefitial for teahers of Japanese language in the U.S. (Some of the contents may rather be aginst language education, which I hope you will use to think about your counter argument.)