"Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste."
from Sympathy for the Devil by the Rolling Stones
Unfortunately, that is not me as I have neither wealth nor taste. But I can tell you that I come from the US, specifically from Idaho State on the west side of the Rocky Mountains (I need to make that clear as many people, even Americans, think Idaho is a state in the middle like Ohio and Iowa).
My hometown was very small, just 1800 people or so, up in the mountains and famous for skiing. In the summer, we water skied on this beautiful lake in front of the town. In the winter, we snow skied almost every day (a school bus took us to the ski hill after school) and some of my classmates became world class ski racers. So I grew up in the mountains, skiing, hiking, climbing, river rafting, etc. That was my life, basically, and I loved it.
But eventually I had to leave all that and go off to college where I studied English Literature and Business Administration, and later more college for linguistics, language acquisition, and teaching English as a Second Language.
Then, after traveling and working in several places and countries (including Antarctica), I came to Japan, and before you were born I began working at ICU doing what I do now: teaching wonderful ICU students.
As I mentioned in class, this course started with a focus on personal development and was called "The Dynamic You." Then I became interested in leadership as I spent several years as the assistant director of the ELA and the coordinator for ICU's Global Leadership Studies program. So now we have LILTDY, which is an opportunity for all of us to learn about both personal development and leadership.
I very much look forward to working with you this term. You seem like a great group.
So how about you? Tell us about yourself and why you are taking this course.
But eventually I had to leave all that and go off to college where I studied English Literature and Business Administration, and later more college for linguistics, language acquisition, and teaching English as a Second Language.
Then, after traveling and working in several places and countries (including Antarctica), I came to Japan, and before you were born I began working at ICU doing what I do now: teaching wonderful ICU students.
As I mentioned in class, this course started with a focus on personal development and was called "The Dynamic You." Then I became interested in leadership as I spent several years as the assistant director of the ELA and the coordinator for ICU's Global Leadership Studies program. So now we have LILTDY, which is an opportunity for all of us to learn about both personal development and leadership.
I very much look forward to working with you this term. You seem like a great group.
So how about you? Tell us about yourself and why you are taking this course.
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