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As an Austrian-born American, Arnie knows what it’s like to step out of your comfort zone when learning English as a second-language.
When the Ministry of Education said “pass the baton,” some folks threw it in the trash instead.
”Feel free to touch the teachers…gently” invites anime production at convention in Tokyo.
Watching anime as homework sounds like an otaku dream come true.
It’s time for another installment of “Beautiful Women Doing Ordinary Things.” These shots of a teacher at an all-boys school in Korea have been setting more than just her students’ hearts racing now that they’ve hit the internet.
I’m sure we all harboured a secret crush on a school teacher at least once during our formative years. The operative word here being ‘secret’, mind you.
Spare a thought for this poor Japanese teacher who was faced with open declarations of love, and even a marriage proposal, from one of her students, but who responded to them all with real aplomb.

















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