Today, we drove to Yumidateyama (弓立山) in Saitama to go hiking. After the hike, we stopped at Sekai Mumei Senshi no Haka (世界無名戦士之墓), a war memorial. Dinner at 大衆割烹 岩井屋 in Ogose, Saitama
Greenery Day, Ginza, Tokyo – 2023
We had to run through the crowds at Ginza to make the 11 o'clock showing at Kabuki-Za theater. We left Nerima-Ku for the theater over an hour in advance, yet the actors had already entered the stage when we sat. The theater doesn't allow people to take pictures during the performance (or even handle a…
John McWhorter — Why Schools Don’t Teach Grammar
When I came to Kansai Gaidai last month, I had to start teaching TOEFL again, which I hadn't taught since prior to joining USC, and when my director raised the question of adapting the curriculum to a hybrid class that also includes "structure," I questioned whether the TOEFL still limited its scope to English. Of…
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