Life is about learning, growing, celebrating our similarities and embracing our differences. These take many forms and are not always physical. During a recent conversation with a student in which we discussed a variety of topics, we eventually made our way to the well known idiom: A rolling stone gathers no moss. The first time […]
Nature Comes Alive
They say that nature comes alive in spring; that it awakens from its long winter’s sleep. That is no truer than in Japan when the blossoms open their faces to the warming sun. It also seems to be a time of awakening for the people as well. This time of year is by far the […]
Enjoy Writing
My students have begun to really enjoy writing as a way of improving their English conversational skill. Many of them bring a one or two page journal of what they did the previous week. Others write about current events or other topics that they are interested in. Writing in a new language is more difficult […]