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I sat down with my student and started the lesson one afternoon in the spring of 2004 in the suburbs of Tokyo.

I knew her friend had died that morning, but she didn’t.

I’d been instructed not to tell her anything or even to let on that I knew why her friend was not there that day. I did what I was told and I taught the lesson.

I tried to beh...


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In 2004, I moved to Japan and worked for a company that outsourced teachers to universities. This was an interesting job partially because it was just a three month gig. I think the concept or business model behind t...


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“Well, maybe if your grades were as good as mine you’d put them on your resume.”

I said those words with a cheeky grin in a job interview in response to the Canadian man who had just offered me unsolicited advice on what is appropriate to include in a resume.

The job I was applying for was to join the team on an English immersion summer camp at a local u...


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Time for another “brain tenant,” which is part of a series explained here. This is brain tenant 4 and is something I have talked and written about before. In fact, I wrote about it in a shockingl...


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