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CG Kamo‘s Remarks at the Welcome Back Reception for JET Participants

October 7, 2010

今晩は。Aloha! Good evening!

Welcome back! My wife and I would like to extend a warm welcome to JET returnees! It is our pleasure to open our home for you in order to appreciate your work in Japan. In the past two years or so, you were in Japan and engaged in the challenging task of improving the English language literacy among Japanese high school students. I hope you have done your work well.

Did I meet you before? Maybe not. I have been here for about a year by now. Many of you spent two years in Japan. I came here, while you were in Japan. So nice to meet you!

You know I have been entertaining many dreams. One of them is to go to Japan as a JET. I know that the Japanese government will never hire me. But I go to Japan, and assigned perhaps to a small school in a remote area and I will teach my students a Japanese English. Well, I am envious of you who did that in Japan.

I am curious how you rate your work. You did a good job or bad job? They say Japanese are poor at English. Do you think so? If you think so, what make us so?  How can we improve our English?

Now that you were directly involved with the issue for some time, you are in a position to voice your opinions. You may contribute to solving the issue by getting out your thoughts on this. I would highly appreciate it if you could email us at the consulate or the school you were assigned in Japan your opinions and recommendations.

This evening, we have the pleasure of having a wide range of people from the local community who may be of your interest. They are your resource persons. Please enjoy interacting with them and get updated what is going on in Honolulu now.

I wish you the best of luck for your future endeavors in Hawaii. Enjoy the party this evening. It is yours.