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I am a very fortunate teacher that gets to work with over 500 students teaching Japanese at Clovis Grove Elementary School. Here is some information about me, by the numbers:
 * < **26** ||< ** The number of years I have been a World Language Teacher ** ||
 * < **22** ||< ** The number of years that I have been teaching Japanese at Clovis Grove ** ||
 * < **522** ||< ** The number of students I teach Japanese to at Clovis Grove Elementary School ** ||
 * < **3** ||< ** The number of levels that I have taught Japanese or French at (elementary school, high school, univ **** ersity) ** ||
 * < **6** ||< ** The number of grade levels I teach at Clovis Grove this year (K-5) **

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 * < **19** ||< ** The number of times I have been to Japan ** ||
 * < **26** ||< ** The number of countries I have traveled to in my lifetime (for work, study and vacation) ** ||
 * < **4** ||< ** The number of continents I have been on (I'd like to get to all of them in my lifetime) ** ||
 * < **3** ||< ** The number of languages I speak (English, French and Japanese) ** ||
 * < **2** ||< ** The number of foreign countries I have lived/studied in for more than a year (Japan during high school and France during college) ** ||

Here are my top 10:

 * 1) ** Melon Pan (delicious, sweet melon flavored bread) **
 * 2) ** Japanese Erasers **
 * 3) **Peach water**
 * 4) ** Kokeshi Dolls **
 * 5) ** Trains **
 * 6) ** Rice (especially in "oyakodon"---Chicken and egg rice bowl) [[image:http://www.kamakura-umizuki.com/fooddrink/image/b_oyakodon.jpg width="184" height="144" align="right" caption="おやこどんOyakodon"]] **
 * 7) ** Kimono patterns and cloth **
 * 8) ** Papers and stationary **
 * 9) ** Hydrangeas **
 * 10) ** Tonari no Totoro---//My Neighbor Totoro//: My all time favorite movie from Japan. Once you watch it, you'll fall in love with the "catbus"! **