Especially in Europe, people always ask “why does Genki English focus so much on kids and schools?”. The reason is that school is broken. Even if we can only help a little bit it’s probably worthwhile. Here’s a video from the TED conferences. I think you’ll enjoy it. It’s also very funny.

I’ve just finished a big project in Japan (announcement coming soon!), and I’m now heading off to re-mix some new songs in the UK. Luckily my 60,000 yen ticket ( special flight through Chubu airport) allowed me to take the weekend off on the beach in Dubai. It’s a fantastic place and it was great…

I saw this on one of the mailing lists yesterday. The best quote: “You can never tell what type of impact you may have on another’s life by your actions … or lack of action.” Make a Difference Movie

I always think that time management is one of the biggest problems in schools. Tim Ferriss’ new book “The Four Hour Work Week” ( which is just what it says, being razor sharp with how you spend your work time, so you can spend it doing what you really want to do.) may be taking…

You often hear about why Japanese people are so slim. And I’ve only just realised why.. I used to always get really frustrated at banquets in Japan as you have trays and trays of really nice food, but it was all “good stuff” like sushi and sashimi and gorgeous vegetables etc. etc. When I’m really…

UPDATE:  These quizzes have all now been added as “games” to the Teacher’s Set software e.g. check out the Fruit Market or I’m thirsty lessons!   Just spent the morning working through my email mountain ( it’s amazing how 2 days without net access builds up!). One of the emails was about the mp3 files of…