Life in Japan · 19. January 2018

In Japan, there is a saying: the nail that sticks out gets hammered down. In other words, people who are different will be forced to conform. This has historical and cultural roots that I am not qualified to discuss but I want to show how important it is to be different in a world of conformism. You might be saying to yourself, you are the ultimate conformists. You are English teachers in Japan! Well we DID