Daily Archives: June 19, 2007

A Reassuring Surprise

I had a student study today. She is rather special in that she is one of the first to start at my school back in 1999. She is now a married housewife. Back when she first started studying English she was an OL. After a few years got married and quit [...]

Summer is Coming Fast!

It started out as a humid day and now the sun is out in all it’s glory. The temperature is rising fast. Summer in Japan is just around the corner. In fact it starts tomorrow since today is the 20th of June.
It’s time to get out those T-shirts for the flyer helpers [...]

“Language is no barrier”

“Language is no barrier”. This is a phrase I heard once from a lecturer whilst I attended a college seminar with a group of Japanese students on tour from Japan to Australia focusing on international relations.
As I am now working as a part-time website assistant and English teacher at an English teaching franchise in [...]