Dr.YELLOW, ARE YOU A SMITH’S TRAIN? “Look teacher! Mr. Yellow! I took a picture coming back from Tokyo today, it seems like Mr.Smith’s English School shinkansen”- this is how a conversation at Smith’s English School in Fukushima began today. If you have not visited Japan yet, you probably do not know what I am talking […]
Baby Steps
As a parent I get the pleasure of watching my children as they grow up step by step: rolling over for the first time, crawling, taking their first steps. Learning to walk is one of the most wonderful milestones in a little person’s life, but it doesn’t happen all at once. Babies need to first […]
Why I’m an English Teacher in Tsukaguchi
This week some Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi students asked me why I was teaching English in Japan instead of working in Canada. Great question! After completing my university studies in Canada I longed to travel abroad but needed to work too. I’d read about teaching English as a second language (ESL) in Japan and […]
