New School – Makuharihongo
The summer is finally over. The days are getting cooler. School has begun. I didn’t really get up to much over the summer holidays as my credit card bill is equal to my pay...
Category: Teaching
Why Japanese kids think they are learning English.
For one of my first lessons, I asked the students to get into groups and try to think about why they are studying English. These are some of the most common answers from 18...
New School – Takahama Junior High School
Just arrived today, luckily it is a Monday. Only a half day for me. There are around 270 students, nine classes in total. Seems like a nice school. The kids are similar to those...
New School – Tokeminami Junior High School
Too late! I should have written about this ages ago. Its not really the new school for me any more now that I have been here since school started again after the summer break....
I love tabletennis.
Ok, this is a diary entry written by one of my students. I’m wondering if this student actually worked this out all by themselves or used a translator. I’m thinking the latter. Here it...
Burning Crap
Heres a shot of the second year students preparing for a camping trip. It was a good opportunity for me to burn stuff – one of my favorite outdoor activities alongside blowing up stuff...
Hi Chris, Your blog was helpful but I’m still a bit confused. Do we need both the certificate of no…
Hi Daniel, Sorry - I'm not too sure, its possible the certificate of no impediment has changed since I filled…
Hi Aaron, In Japan you should be good to go. You might have difficulty in other countries when trying to…
Hello Chris I have recently married in Japan Konintodoke was filled out and accepted translator advised we were know married…
Hi, Chris. I'm just trying to get my cert of no impediment to marriage done now and I'm a bit…