english school – THE LONG COUNTDOWN

Don’t Forget Your Pencil!

October 25, 2007October 25, 2007 Nick RamsayESL

Time forÂ a quick rant about my job as an English teacher in Japan. BeforeÂ continuing, pleaseÂ read my disclaimer. This post is about children who forget to bring a pencil to class. Do I even need to say more? Surely that’s like going swimming without you’re trunks! If you’re going to school, take a pencil. It really shouldn’t be any more complicated than that, right? Why then,Â do I have kids who repeatedly […]

A massage from your teacher

October 7, 2006January 3, 2008 Nick RamsayESL

I was looking through some of my old things and found a postcard from the first school I taught at in Japan. When a potential customer had taken a trial lesson, the teacher was supposed to fill in this postcard and it would be sent to that student. I had to shrink the picture a bit for the web, but if you look closely you’ll see a classic mistake. Â […]