Once again I must start off with how bad I am about consistently putting these blog posts out. I will now say that the new bar for consistency is going to be "every once in awhile." Teaching at 12 schools means teaching a class every single period every single day, which means I'm tired every …
It's been a crazy 5 months since I arrived in Japan filled with lots of new friendships and experiences. In these last 5 months I've learned a lot about myself and answered a lot of pretty big questions for my life going forward. It's reinforced my already strong feelings about my personal relationships and has really …
Where do I start? 久しぶりですね。It's been awhile hasn't it? That's because I've been beyond busy. Since I started my orientation last week I've been busy going on trips and planning lessons for my first class this Friday. For starters I'll try to summarize my experience at KAPIC, which is something like a retreat for groups …
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After I arrived in Kimotsuki the feeling of excitement began to give way to some of my anxieties. I don't often like to admit to having many, but in this particular scenario I wasn't feeling great. I came in prepared for my rural placement, but I didn't anticipate the feeling of loneliness that would accompany it …
In my first post I said I was trying to actually get this blog going. Well it's been a little while since that first post and if you were checking back to see what other fantastic content I had put out then you would've been rather disappointed with your findings. That being said I don't …
I created this blog several months ago in hopes of getting into the biz of writing more. What actually happened was the accumulation of a lot of thoughts and great ideas, that were lost amidst a college graduation and the ensuing summer of fun. I just realized you know nothing about me so I'll start by …
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