Category Personal

Babies

Japanese girls, or any girl, for that matter, can be very silly. A girl asked me if I had ever kissed someone, and when I said that I had kissed many times before, she said it was very eroi and…

Imitation

With kids, it’s best to be careful what you say. A boy and I were having some fun at lunch, and I tried to make his vegetables seem more delicious by smiling widely, sticking both thumbs up, and saying, “yasai!”…

Milk

When eating lunch with students, I am often bored just eating or doing nothing. I, and many of the other teachers, love to have fun with kids. One day, I started telling a young kid not to laugh just when…

Bosozoku

One day, I was riding my motorcycle to school and I stopped to talk to a student. When I reached the school, a teacher told me that another teacher had seen a bosozoku talking to a student on the way…

Tips for Writing Effectively

Have you ever picked up a paper, read it, and thought it was terrible? And then you realize it’s your own work? It happens to everyone. In fact, it’s part of the writing process. Here are some tips to make…