Japan, Teaching English in Japan, Travel Addiction, Uncategorized, Working for an Airline

Travel Videos from Around the Web

The following are some of my favorite travel-inspired video clips.   I’m sorry they’re so small! I have no idea how to make them bigger… Enjoy.  : ) The English Teachers Series This is the first episode in a series that centers around English teachers in Japan. I love the Neville character. He reminds me a… Read More Travel Videos from Around the Web

Japan, Teaching English in Japan

Are Japanese and American Children Really all that Different?

I spent all of last week shuttling back and forth between my old job teaching (mostly North American) pre-schoolers at an International school, and my new job, teaching ESL at a Japanese after school preschool program. The whole experience was exhausting (imagine working for nine hours straight, all of your students under the age of… Read More Are Japanese and American Children Really all that Different?

Japan, Teaching English in Japan

Must Love Kids: What It’s Like to Teach English in Japan

512. That’s the number of people who responded to an ad for an ESL teaching position on the job-hunting site gaijinpot.com (the craigslist of Japan). I know this because minutes after I optimistically forwarded the company my newly updated resume, gaijinpot (very considerately) sent me an email to inform me of this little fact. 63.… Read More Must Love Kids: What It’s Like to Teach English in Japan