My true name is Kaoru Jinko. I was born in Osaka, Japan. Ever since I can remember I have always been interested in America. I liked everything about America even before I really knew much about it, and even though I couldn't speak a word of English.
Anyway, I studied English hard, or rather, I enjoyed studying English. I enjoyed it so much that I was always the top student in English class. I entered Osaka University of Foreign Languages and made a lot of foreign friends there. I really enjoyed communicating with foreign students in English during those days. At the same time, I started saving money to go to college in America. I did everything, from private-tutoring to cocktail-waitressing.
Finally, I went to Hartford College for Women in Hartford, Connecticut in 1979, and fell in love w/ America even more. Thanks to American hospitality, I had a great time while I was there.
When I returned to Japan, I started an English conversation school in Osaka. As the English conversation business was booming and there were very few young female entrepreneurs at that time, I was invited to be a guest on several radio talk shows to talk about my school. In other words, I did free commercials for my school and actually got paid for it!
So that's what I do for a living. I have had my school for 13 years now and I employ about 10 native English speakers as teachers.
What's the name of my English school?
I wanted it to be the key to America in Japan for my students.
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