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English, Teaching

I give up

05.29.06 | 7 Comments

When I first came to Japan and started teaching English I was adamant that I would teach the Queen`s English. This is strange as I feel no special allegiance to the old lady but felt I needed to promote her language.

This was because I felt a certain pride about the language born in my own country was spoken the world over. Of course the reason it`s so widely spoken is because of America.

Now of course I don`t care any more. 30 four year olds tell me the last letter of the alphabet is zee? Fine. Zebra magically gains an extra e when spoken? Yes it does. I help perpetuate this myth indeed. No in all seriousness I don`t care anymore. If you`d have told me that when I first came here I wouldn`t have believed it.

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