Developing as a Japanese Language Teacher

During my formal education as a Japanese language and linguistics student I was introduced to some academic learning theories. I also began a more rigorous classroom project of experimentation and student observation. I learn best by trial and error, through self-discovery. A risk taker by nature, I opted to see things for myself rather than following the prescribed textbook methodology. After seven and a half years teaching at University of Hawaii, I took a permanent teaching position at Kamehameha Schools, a college-prep school for children of Hawaiian ancestry.