Experience Summary
As a dentist, I was trained in classroom anatomy and physiology and laboratory gross anatomy with cadavers. I have used the information I learned in clinical practice and since retiring from dentistry to further my pleasure in continued medical learning. Anatomy has always been fascinating to me. All the "connections" so to speak that go together to make us functioning human beings!
As for Japanese, I lived and worked in Japan for 16 years. The first two years to took formal Japanese language instruction. In my daily life I did not use English except at home. My children went to Japanese schools.
Teaching Style
I enjoy most working one-to-one with a student who is interested in the subject matter and wants to learn. I believe anyone can learn anatomy with gentle guidance and repetitive practice. I am able to make the subject "come alive" for the student and integrate the relevance of the knowledge to everyday life as well as the field of work for which the student is being prepared. I want my student to be as excited about the human body and its wonders as I am.
I would love to teach Japanese to young children who absorb a foreign language just like they absorb other information and skills. I would immerse them during the time we spent together, using very little if any English.