Hi, this is Kaori. I had been teaching English to Japanese teenagers, returnees from overseas, and international students for totally almost 15 years.
Half the way, I retired from my job because of raising my kids.
7 or 8 years ago, I happened to meet my friend of our high school who introduced me a job as an English teacher. My retirement times for a long time have deprived me from working as a teacher , however I made up my mind to accept his offer.
Soon the feeling of teaching has returned to me. I remember I was so relieved that I had not forgotten my knowledge of English at all. Astonishingly, my memory was so clarity. Since then, I have encountered various kinds of students who provoke me a lot!! At that time, my students were the same age as my kids. Long time ago, I was almost the same age as my students…………. TIME GOES BY UNKNOWINGLY.
So, many years ago, big awful waves hit upon me too, which has caused a world chaos as you see. I had to quit my job. Nevertheless, I couldn’t leave my enthusiasm for learning English behind. Owing to net, information that I wanted to acquire in my younger days is easy to reach into. In English,
I began to watch movies, investigate ancient histories and so on. Unfortunately, it was a hard time to catch up British accent at first. Gradually my brain starts to work well.
I thought I was genius. Through these times, I have realised I should know much more about my own country Japan. I didn’t like Japanese movies.
Yes, my dream was to go abroad and spend happy life there, which drove me to study English. I was eager to escape from Japan in my school days.
On the other hand, Japan is in the spotlight whenever I see sns. WOW!
I chose Japanese movies by Netflix.
As I like history, my taste was one thing. I picked up Nobunaga who is very famous worrier in sengoku period. To my surprise, the movie was beyond my description. I believed we should take pride in Japanese movies. And I recall I am a Japanese, what’s more, very old. Actually 51 though. Here came the significant idea into my brain. I should write and tell about Japan to foreigners in English.
Demand and supply has grown wider and deeper inside me.
So I am in the line writing articles for foreigners to get even tiny knowledge.
I have never been abroad since I was the first pregnant. In other words, i have not met the different world, actually, not arrived at the foreign airport for a long time.
Arrivals on a new land always provoked me a lot. I was always excited. And I expected what would come upon me through the new land. In Kenya, that was 2 weeks trip gave me unforgettable memories. They were much more valuable than I had expected. I had time to stay at a certain family for a few days. Almost everything was different from Japan. Though I was told the differences by my boss beforehand, Seeing is believing. 30years ago, we don’t have internet and had few tools to get information about other countries. If I had wanted to know about their lives in Kenya in advance, I could have enjoyed myself simply more.
I suppose that you are anxious about your daily life in Japan just after arriving.
Perhaps you have checked many websites about Japan before you come over here.
Is it sufficient for you to spend your own life in an unknown country?
I don’t agree. You should have a place you can always rely on and ask what you want to know as much as possible. DISPEL ANXIETY!!!
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