Kayla Johnston-Mitchell OC ‘17

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J.F. Oberlin University, Japan (2017-19)

Kayla Johnston-Mitchell graduated in May 2017 as an East Asian Studies major and Economics minor, and has considerable experience in Japan. She studied there for a summer during high school, spent a year on the Associated Kyoto Program at Doshisha University, and has traveled widely throughout the country. Her fourth year at Oberlin, she completed the 500-level of Japanese. Kayla has taught English to children in Japan, is a Bonner Scholar, and has taught Japanese to children through the YMCA’s Kids Explore Japan program. In Japan, she hopes to explore the traditional arts of tea ceremony and archery. In the future she sees herself working for the U.S. State Department or as a rehousing consultant for companies seeking to relocate staff to East Asian countries.

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Kayla Johnston-Mitchell ‘17, JFOU Fellow

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Three Steps to Becoming an "Osshare Sensei"

Kayla Johnston-Mitchell ‘17, JFOU Fellow

Unlike in English, Japanese “girl power” can be a no nonsense female C.E.O, or a stay at home mom; both embody different versions of their own form of “girl power.” One of my goals while in Japan is to become That Teacher. The teacher who looks good, whose students are comfortable and excited for class, and who’s name is somehow known by all the students in the department.