Game Why It Took So Long for Japanese People to Realize the Yasuke Problem: Perfidious Historian, Thomas Lockley
Over a month ago, I wrote an article criticizing Assassin’s Creed, particularly focusing on Thomas Lockley’s portrayal o...
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Japanese Teaching Can Online Language Tutors Work While Traveling? Tips for Quality Lessons on the Go
Some language teachers travel the world while conducting online lessons. With just a laptop and an internet connection, ...
Preply Why Preply Has So Many Professional Tutors
There are various platforms on the internet that connect tutors and students, but Preply stands out as a platform where ...
Preply Is Preply’s Fee High? Why I Stick with Preply for Student Contracts
Some of my students ask, "Isn't Preply's fee high? Should I just pay you directly?" While I appreciate their thoughtfuln...
Japanese Teaching Finally Over 400 Hours: The Ultimate Milestone for Preply Tutors
I’ve finally hit 400 teaching hours on Preply! Preply’s commission rates drop as you accumulate more teaching hours, and...
miscellaneous I Created an X Account: Differences Between Blogging and Social Media
I recently created an X account. To be precise, I set it up when I began blogging to share article links, but I didn’t u...
Game Disappointment in Thomas Lockley: His Lies in The Japan Times Rebuttal
Regarding Yasuke, the next protagonist of Assassin's Creed, whom I wrote about last week, Thomas Lockley, who claims to ...
Game Fact-Checking Yasuke: The Black Samurai in Assassin’s Creed
Have you heard of Yasuke, a black man who arrived in Japan in the 16th century? Yasuke was a slave brought by Jesuit mis...
Japanese Teaching The Importance of Utilizing Digital Tools in Online Teaching: A Tale of Two Language Teachers
During the COVID-19 pandemic, all my university classes shifted online, and I enrolled in two advanced Chinese courses. ...
Japanese Learning The Benefits of Online Language Learning: Might Be Better Than Traditional Language Schools
The COVID-19 pandemic has popularized online lessons, transforming what once seemed unimaginable during my childhood int...