ネイティブが教える英会話のジェムスクール☆Teachers☆

Hello, all!

My name's Matthew Fisher, and I'm very happy to be the newest member of Gem School's teaching staff! (Actually, I hear more new teachers are coming soon. But for now, I am the newest!) You can call me "Matt" if it's easier to say. "Matthew" is a hard name, but it has a very good meaning. It means, "Gift of God." Much too good for me!

Since this is my first post, I'll just introduce myself here. I'm from Minnesota, in the very middle and north of the United States.

The Canadian teachers say, "Ehh? You're almost Canadian!"

My mother and father are both university teachers. My father Barrett teaches English Literature and Film, both of which I also studied, and my mother Amy teaches Communication. Her specialty is Intercultural Communication, so my parents share many of my interests!

My younger sister Elspeth is an electroencephalographic technologist. I don't understand what she does, but I know she can read people's brains.

I love exploring new places, reading, meeting new people, watching movies, and cycling very long distances. Almost the first thing I did in Japan was to go to Saijo and buy a bicyle.

Normally I don't do poses. The person who sold me my bike said that I had to show my "gacchiri" spirit!

I have also lived in Tokyo and Matsumoto (both for a year and a half), in Tusuruoka, Yamagata (for only a couple of months), and overseas in Chungju, Korea (for one year). I've spent about a year traveling all over Europe (the UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic) and of course I've been to Canada and China.

I've never been south of the Equator. I really want to "cross the line" someday!

Thanks for reading. Next time I'll tell you about some of my favorite places in Japan!

—Matthew