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Season Three

By ⋅ August 19, 2012 ⋅ 6 comments

Life never ceases to be boring, if you make efforts to keep yourself interested. At least, that’s how I feel after the last three months. I mentioned near the beginning of the year that I’d be leaving my job with American Language School in West Tokyo to move on to other things. That all went [...]

Two Years In: If you want my job, come and take it (really)

By ⋅ February 11, 2012 ⋅ 4 comments

Two years ago today I returned to Japan after a three month absence following the conclusion of the internship that brought me here in the first place. I was excited, hopeful, and jet-lagged, but most of all, I was overwhelmingly happy to be back in Japan. I had a week of training with a few [...]

Teacher’s Log, 9/28/11

By ⋅ September 29, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments

Teacher’s log, day 28, month 9, year 2011. Started with madness, as all Wednesdays do. Manager had to chat with the five year old boys and promise stickers for good behavior. 15 minutes later they’re alternating between giving each other horseback rides and screaming “I love you! I want to kiss you!” while running circles [...]

Teacher post: Dealing with “The Mob”

By ⋅ November 26, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Generally, I like teaching on Fridays.  My students are easy to get along with, listen well, repeat well, and aren’t afraid to ask questions. There’s a class I have on Friday I refer to as “The Mob” in my lesson notes.  This isn’t because they’re likely to destroy me and my family if I betray [...]

Teacher post: Oh, Thursdays…

By ⋅ November 20, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Generally, I like my teaching job.  I can be very flexible with my lessons, I like my coworkers, and the pay relative to my schedule is great.  I’ve written mostly positive things about my teaching experiences and I try to think optimistically about my classes and students. When it comes to Thursdays, there’s a little [...]

Teacher post: The Wee Ones

By ⋅ November 12, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

I know I haven’t written much about teaching.  I’ve done most of my storytelling and ranting and laughing about my job with other human beings here.  I forget that teaching English in Japan is a topic many people are interested in finding more information on.  I have no shortage of things to say about my [...]

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  • NEW POST: Short photo post of the University of Tokyo campus during our Misty Monday yesterday. Check it out here:
    http://t.co/R0TT4ijoBZ
    2013/05/21 14:00
  • I'm at a point in my life where walking down stairs in heels without holding on to a hand rail is all the adrenaline rush I need for a day.
    2013/05/21 12:50
  • There will never be a day that I do not first read アース サポート as "ass support" instead of "earth support".
    2013/05/20 22:20
  • Holy Humidity, Batman.
    2013/05/20 22:05
  • Ate konbu out of politeness. Didn't barf. Monday is a success.
    2013/05/20 12:18

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