School

Here you can read my blog posts about working in Japanese schools.

Teacher Swap Season

In Japan, every April there is a big shuffle of teachers. Unlike the US, teachers in Japan usually only work at a school for 2-6 years...

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When you are a foreigner in Japan, you find yourself in the news more often than you would back home. Back in America, I'm pretty sure...

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I am an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT). Thing is, I'm definitely not a teacher. I do have a college degree, but it's in biochemistry...

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At my middle school there is only one class per grade, so three classes of students in the whole school, and six class periods per day....

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The students at my school use Chromebooks and they often use Google Translate in class, to varying levels of success. The 1st years (7th...

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