In September 1999, I began teaching Japanese and ESL at the two high schools in the East Ramapo C.S.D in Spring Valley, NY. I am now finishing my third year. Each year I have had a small but enthusiastic group of students at each of the two schools. Unfortunately, the district has decided to discontinue offering Japanese. I have the option to teach ESL full-time but my preference is to teach Japanese. I have not yet decided exactly what I will be doing in September 2002.