Gerard

Country of Origin: United States
I'm into history, reading, and watching movies

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My story

Hi everyone!  My name is Gerard.  I’m from Durham, North Carolina in the USA.  
Do you know Duke University?  It is a famous school from my hometown.  I earned a master’s degree in teaching from there.  I was a high school history teacher in Washington, DC before coming to Japan.  If you like history, I could talk with you about history for hours.  If you don’t, maybe I could convince you to like the stories history provides.  I don’t like memorizing names and dates, but I think learning lessons from history is important.

I Came To Japan Over 5 Years Ago.   I Thought I Would Stay For About A Year And A Half And Return To Teaching In America. However, I Fell In Love With Japan And Decided I Wanted To Stay Longer. In My First Week Here, I remember being scared to cross the street from the opposite side of the street and I joked with my friends that “I might die in Japan.” Now, I am thinking that I might really die in japan, but, because I could retire here. I truly feel at home here.         

 

I Am Excited To Be At OEC!   All The Teachers And Staff Make Me Feel Comfortable. I Am Enjoying All Of The Conversations With The Students. The Days Fly By Because Each Lesson Is Fun To Teach. Often, The Students End Up Teaching Me And I feel like the student. It seems that each conversation is too quickly, but the next students are waiting for their lessons, so we have to stop the conversation. If I have already met you, it was nice meeting you and I enjoyed our conversation . If We Have Not Met, I’M Excited To Meet You.          
Either way, I look forward to speaking with you!