Have you ever heard someone say, “I shoulda gone,” or “I shoulda studied harder?” Sure, we all have. It’s used when people regret their decisions of doing, or not doing, something. Shoulda appears after days, months or years of bad choices that leave us thinking what might have been but isn’t. Studying is probably the […]
age ain’t nothing but a number
I remember being 8 years old and getting bullied by kids that were bigger and stronger than me so I thought about taking some martial arts to protect myself. I walked past the room where judo was taking place and I noticed some kids a few years younger than me and thought that I was […]
a sad day
The other day one of my students at Smith’s 英会話 枚方 told me that another 英会話 (English conversation school) had gone bankrupt. That marks the second large chain in two years. Some of my students asked me how I felt, after all, it was my competition. I must say that I’m rather saddened by the […]