ESL Teacher

A real bonus about ESL teaching is the ex-students who keep in touch with you. I left Japan more than five years ago but I still have some Japanese students who keep in contact with me, which always puts a smile on my face.

Today a Christmas card arrived from a middle-aged woman who I taught in Japan - I remember her so well because she’d spent a year living in Australia before I met her, so she was always keen to talk about her experiences Down Under. I found a thick envelope in my letter box with a card and a gift of a Christmas-themed scarf in really pretty colours. Aren’t I lucky? I think there aren’t too many jobs in the world where satisfied customers still send you gifts five years on.