When I was 13 I was put forward to represent my school in hosting some Japanese teenagers. I’d never really met anyone from another country before. That changed my path from one where I probably wouldn’t have gone to university, to one where I studied Japanese, lived there for a while and even translated for Nintendo. I love the ripple effect of opportunity for teens.
Hey Jack, thanks for sharing more of your backstory. I come from small town Alabama, so I appreciate your distain for big cities, I hate them as well. What was it about Shanghai that was so different for you?
When I was 13 I was put forward to represent my school in hosting some Japanese teenagers. I’d never really met anyone from another country before. That changed my path from one where I probably wouldn’t have gone to university, to one where I studied Japanese, lived there for a while and even translated for Nintendo. I love the ripple effect of opportunity for teens.
That’s axing! It’s always cool to see how seemingly minor experiences can completely shift our path.
thanks for the backstory. global perspective, outdoors! amazing. you do you friend and you are doing it well
Hey Jack, thanks for sharing more of your backstory. I come from small town Alabama, so I appreciate your distain for big cities, I hate them as well. What was it about Shanghai that was so different for you?