Junzo Oshimo -University of Pittsburgh: East Asian Languages and Literatures

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	Junzo Oshimo Assistant Instructor Japanese Language 209A Thaw Hall 412-624-5126 Fax: 412-624-3458 oshimo@pitt.edu Office Hours Monday & Friday 2-3 and by appointment I first started teaching Japanese as a TA a month after my first child was born. At that time I did not know much about raising children or teaching Japanese. Everything was trial and error. Everything was a learning experience. When I reflect on some of the things I did to my children or in Japanese class, I still get embarrassed about how bad I was. Time flies very quickly and now my third child is in elementary school. Have I become an expert in childrearing or Japanese pedagogy? The answer is no. I might be a little better than before, but I am still learning and will continue to learn as long as I'm a parent or a teacher. In a sense, I am a child as well as a parent, and a student as well as a teacher. Education MEd, Department of Administrative and Policy Studies,University of Pittsburgh, 1990 BA, Philosophy, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan, 1984

Junzo Oshimo