Teaching is a tool to help make this world a better place for everyone and today I am very lucky to have Mr. Barry Mernin on the show this episode. Mr. Mernin is a lifelong elementary educator. Before teaching overseas, Mr. Mernin spent 12 years teaching in the US. Now, at the time of this episode, Mr. Mernin has spent the past fifteen years teaching in Singapore, Japan, Jordan and Hong Kong. He is currently a teaching administrator at Hokkaido International School- Niseko, Japan. Mr. Mernin's professional mission statement is: " I will provide a wholesome and upbeat environment for any and all students to succeed. I will teach students to learn to be content. I will demand that students care for the world around them as well as themselves. I will remember what it is like to be a child." Mr. Mernin has a master's degree in Mathematics and has attended summer workshops with Columbia University's Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, directed by Lucy Calkins. Mr. Mernin has also obtained a leadership certificate from the Principal's Training Center for International Educators. This interview touched me and I see why Mr. Mernin is really a professional educator who values lifelong learning and is constantly enhancing his craft. ABOUT GUEST:: Name: Barry Mernin Home nation: USA Current location: Niseko, Japan Mr. Mernin's personal were he writes about teaching and living overseas: Expat Teacher Man : https://expatteacherman.com MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Hokkaido International School: http://home.his.ac.jp/niseko/ Hokkaido International School NISEKO12 Aza Fujimi Niseko-cho, Abuta-gun Japan 048-1501 How To Contact Us Email: his.niseko@his.ac.jp THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE! Thank you very much for taking the time to share this podcast. If you have any feedback, please leave a note in the comments section below or leave a voice message via our SpeakPipe voice message page. We would love to hear from you! If you enjoyed this please share it with your friends, family and co-workers by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Please subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates of our podcasts. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please help us spread the word and leave a review in iTunes by clicking here! Thank you for listening to Four Seas One Family. We are all the same and at the same time uniquely different!