About Deas

Posted on February 10th, 2007 in Customary Drivel by Deas
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Hi. I’m Deas. I am 24 years old, and working as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) on the Japan Exchange & Teaching Programme (JET) on Hakata Island, in the middle of the Seto Inland Sea. I work at 7 schools in total, distributed throughout the Shimanami Kaido area. I started to study about Japan while I was in school at Furman University, where I took Japanese language and progressed on to become an Asian Studies Major. I was lucky to be one of the first two students to attend Waseda University - specifically the School of International Liberal Studies (SILS) program - through an agreement between my home institution and Waseda. When my job here with JET ends, I hope to find a graduate school and continue my studies. After that, I’m interested in going after a real position as a cultural anthropologist, or perhaps in academia somewhere. However, as I say frequently, these are plans as of now which are prone to change without warning. Anyway, so far so good. Glad to have you along for the ride. :-)
- Deas

やあ、みなさん！デイズと申します。２４歳で、JETプログラムによる新しいALTとして瀬戸内海の伯方島に住んでいます。しまなみ海道のエリアの７つの高校を担当します。ファマン大学に入ってから日本について勉強を始めました。大学で日本語を勉強していた私はアジア研究の専攻にしました。早稲田大学に行くファマン大学から来た最初の二人の留学生の一人でした。早稲田大学の国際教養学部で一年間の勉強をしました。このJETの仕事が終る時に大学院生になって研究を続きたいと思っています。その後は、どかかで文化人類学者の仕事か学究的な世界で何かを探してみようと思っています。でも、やはりこの計画は今の考えだけですね。とにかく、これまではこれで良いです。皆さん、どうぞ、私の冒険とか読んで続けて下さいね。ところで、このブログに間違っている日本語が書いてあるところを見つけたら、すぐに私に連絡して下さい！まだまだ勉強しなければならないです。 :-)
- デイズ

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  1. Marsha Guerard said,

    on August 8th, 2007 at 9:05 am

    Hey Buddy!
    It seems like the strangest thing that there is a deasrichardson.com Web site. Very 1984. That was the year I got married, and it was a very 1984 experience. Orson Welles wasn’t at the wedding, though.

  2. Deas said,

    on August 8th, 2007 at 9:30 am

    Ha ha - I registered the address when I got this one (RockingInHakata.com) and am simply using the first as a portal / mirror / redirect to the second. I’m glad you found my site, though! (And what, did you not invite him to your wedding?)

  3. Marsha Guerard said,

    on September 4th, 2007 at 1:27 pm

    Hey Deas,
    I don’t have the presence of mind to regularly check blogs, despite my fondness for watching you eat cereal. Your Web site totally beats ours into oblivion, but I share it with you anyway because today was my first blog post! here’s the address: http://web.mac.com/marshaguerard/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html

    I love you kiddo.
    Marsha

  4. Deas said,

    on September 4th, 2007 at 2:06 pm

    Thanks for the link! ;-)

  5. Emily said,

    on December 5th, 2007 at 7:20 am

    yeah, so we’re 24 now. Just thought you might want to update your biographical info…

  6. David Ochi said,

    on April 6th, 2008 at 4:18 pm

    Hello Deas:

    I have been reading some of your posts related to English education. I am doing a project on the English education market in Japan for a client.

    Would it be possible to speak with you regarding your experiences as an instructor?

    I will be coming to Japan during the month of April. Hopefully we can speak over the phone or via chat at that point.

    Thank you. I enjoyed reading your blog!

  7. Jason said,

    on July 2nd, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    Hi, I want to work with you. I run a website called Gaijin House Japan http://gaijinhousejapan.com I would like to send you our press release. Our website will be helpful to your readers that are planning on staying in Japan. Waiting to here from you.

    Cheers

    Jasons last blog post was: K’s House Kyoto

  8. Deas M. Richardson Jr. said,

    on July 8th, 2008 at 6:44 am

    Hi, My name is Deas Richardson as well. In fact, there were 7 Deas M. Richardson’s that were related. There are only 4 now. My father, myself, my son and another relative. We all are from South Carolina. We are related to the Colonel Richard Richardson family tree.

  9. Deas said,

    on July 8th, 2008 at 7:30 am

    Hi there, Deas - my full name is Deas Manning Richardson IV, from South Carolina. We are almost certainly related in some way. We may have even bumped into one another at family reunions over the years. (Though I think I’ve missed the last two…) Thanks for the comment!

  10. adie said,

    on July 17th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    HI there I found your site in google…I’ve been to Hakata last 2002 and stay there for a month….such a lovely place…nice blog

  11. Deas said,

    on July 18th, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    Thanks for the comment, Adie. :-)

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