: About Me

I lived and taught school overseas for 43 years and now have retired to the USA.
International friends are friendly and nice people.
My jobs in education overseas included math and English teacher, high school administrator and university English professor

My passion is ...

reading, writing and meeting with my friends

I know too much about ...

very little

My parents always told me ...

be kind to your teachers

My childhood ambition ...

to become a high school math teacher and basketball coach

My favorite memory ...

going-away party my Japanese students gave me

Why I write ...

because it is interesting and challenging

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

about Japanese-Americans during WW 2

My first job ...

with my dad in his small town business

My best moment ...

when I went to Washington to meet President Reagan

My inspiration ...

my family and my friends

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Friendship

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Friends are friendly but good friends are forever. It's a funny thing about friends because there are good friends and there are poor friends and sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference. I look on good friends as real treasures. They are always close to you, by telephone, in person, on the Internet, but they are always available to you. I remember having good friends who I had't even seen for as long as 30 years, yet the closeness returns the moment you see them or talk to them after a long time. Why is this? I think it is because in former years you have shared many good experien...

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