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July 22nd 2006
06/7/20 Sick. And speaking loudly enough to keep a four-year-old’s attention for fifty minutes.. I am not happy.  And I don’t why I’m sick. Grrr. It is a fabulous excuse to eat ice cream, though. Silver lining, eh? I am also the world’s laziest teacher—or today I was. My EK class today was told that their Japanese teacher was leaving, so in the Japanese portion of the class t ... read more

Asia » Japan » Aichi

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more