Blog Archives for tag Teaching English in Japan
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… Continue reading »
Dating When You’re A Broad: It Ain’t Easy!
I don’t write about my dating life on this blog much (or at all, really). When you write about your… Continue reading »
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… Continue reading »
Would You Date One of Your Students?
Every unmarried female ESL teacher who’s under 50 and teachers adults has been asked out by a student at least… Continue reading »
ESL Teaching Tips: How to Discipline Problem Students
Teaching English in Japan is a challenge. I think that one of the greatest hurdles to overcome as a new… Continue reading »
She’s a Super Freak
Two months ago, a mentally-unstable man that I met on the train in Saitama, took one look at me and… Continue reading »
Teacher Barbie
I tend to treat my private lessons with my Japanese teacher like therapy sessions. I’ll tell her about how one… Continue reading »
No Japanese! English Only Please…
The mother’s of my students aren’t very friendly towards me. I don’t mean that in a negative “they hate me”… Continue reading »
Are Japanese Children "Just Shy" Or Is It Something Else?
Some of my students don’t talk. At all. At first I thought they were just extremely shy and I tried… Continue reading »
Teaching English Is No Joke
Photo: Sad Clown Doll Sometimes I feel like I don’t understand my role my as an English teacher in Japan…. Continue reading »
English Teacher…Or Aerobics Instructor?
A few weeks ago I was very gung-ho about joining a gym. But then luckily, I remembered that I don’t… Continue reading »
The Hokey Pokey: That’s What It’s All About…My Job Teaching ESL In Tokyo
This is the song currently replaying over and over in my head: To the tune of “Are you sleeping?” “Walking,… Continue reading »
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