INTERVIEW WITH MR. KOSAKA TSUYOSHI
BY TARO IKEDA
Recently, I interviewed Mr. Kosaka Tsuyoshi, who is
from Yokohama, Japan. At Shanghai Livingston
American School (SLAS), he teaches AP Japanese
and home language Japanese. He has been in
Shanghai for 6 years. Before he came to SLAS, he
was at a Japanese High School in Shanghai teaching
history. The main reason he moved to SLAS is
because he wanted to learn about the American
education system. He graduated from the
prestigious University of Tokyo, the top university
in Japan. His dream job is to manage his own school.
A: My weakness is that I can’t be patient, but on the
other hand,I don’t get angry easily.
Q: Why did you come to Shanghai?
A: I was in Tianjin, China, then I found out about
Shanghai, so I came here and fell in love with this city.
Therefore, I moved to Shanghai 6 years ago.
Q: Who is your historical figure?
A: My historical figure is Fredrick II because he is clever.
Q: What are your hobbies and why?
He was a Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily during
the middle ages. Fredrick II was in the Sixth Crusades,
A: I am interested in reading, traveling, and martial while being in the group he conquered several areas
arts. The best book I read so far is “Steps to an Ecology of the Holy Land and later on crowned himself as the
Mino”, this was because the author had a lot of King of Jerusalem.
background knowledge, and from this I could obtain
information from it. My favorite travel destination is Q: Describe your favorite game.
Prague and Czech Republic. Martial arts is my favorite
activity to do when I have time, and I practice it during A: My favorite game is Clash Royale, which is on my
the weekends and holidays.
phone. I like this game because this game is very easy
to understand and fun.
Q: Describe your weakness and strengths.
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