It's all thanks to Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship!

I was able to go to Japan in order to study abroad and teach English because of the financial aid provided by the Benjamin A. Gilman International scholarship. Because of this scholarship I was able to fulfill my dreams of going to Japan to learn Japanese and about Japans culture. While I was there, I taught English to Japanese children, however I also informed my students on how they could also go abroad and follow their dreams. I taught my students about other countries and cultures, and how everyone has an opportunity to go to school in other places in the world. I told my students about financial aid, getting a part time job and saving their money, and scholarships like the Benjamin A. Gilman International scholarship.

The school I chose to teach at was an International Pre-school that had an English emersion program. The students and parents of these students at this school were all interested in learning English and going abroad some day. I became friends with many of the students parents in order to promote the Benjamin A. Gilman International scholarship. After class I would explain to parents how I got to Japan on a scholarship and how they could do the same for their children. I also talked to my coworkers who came from all over the world, they were interested in continuing their education with English.

Teaching my students and their parents of the benefits of applying for the Benjamin A. Gilman International scholarship in order to continue their English language learning was my goal at Skye International pre-school.

Teaching English in Japan :)

My personal experience of teaching english in Japan started off pretty strange. One day I was walking back to my host parents house on a hot day, I was a sweaty mess, my hair was in a big lazy bun on my head, glasses on, and the sweat it was really really bad.. but as I was walking a Japanese man pulled his car over right next to me out of nowhere!
He asked me several times, "do you speak english?? do you speak english??"
I told him I did and he offered me a job at his international preschool teaching english.
I was immediately stoked! A job teaching English, playing with cute kids, and a way to encourage these youngsters to expand their horizons and teach them about America.

So thats how i started working at
 スカイ インターナショナル プレスクール Skye International Preschool :)

http://www.skyein.com/

My class of Japanese Students :)

 This is my class of students! I taught 4 times a week, i would teach basic english to the youngest students (2,3,4 years old) and we would sing songs in english and practice colors, animals, and emotions. It was very fun going to this school because the students loved english and America :) They loved it when I told them new worlds or would say very American things like 'you're silly!' and 'you smell like a pig!' my students loved calling each other animals and our animal games were their favorite part of my lessons.

We taught the students geography and about other countries because their were teachers at this school from all over the world. In this picture above was my coworker Aunrag, he was from India. In the top picture was another teacher named Pingo and he was from Africa. The students were shown flash cards of the flags from each country, and we also had art activities were we made big flags from all over the world.

I was lucky to be asked to teach at this international school. Students and teachers here all loved teaching and learning about the world and all the unique properties each culture of their own has :)