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My best friend's second son didn't speak much at all when he was 2. She didn't want to worry, but when he got to 2 and a half, and there were still very few words at all, she took him to get his hearing checked. His ears were completely blocked with ear wax, and the doctor concluded that he could he...

Thanks for your thoughts. I've decided to go with the first name + sensei title, and although it seems a bit strange still, I'm sure we'll all get used to it. I hadn't mentioned before that my class is made up of my son and many of his friends from preschool. My son thinks its quite funny to call me...

Hello! I am starting a kids English class (4-6 year olds) in my village in Japan, and I don't know what to tell the students to call me. In Japanese, students would call their teacher by their surname followed by the title of teacher (Suzuki Teacher). This is obviously unnatural in English. When I h...