>be me, just got a gig as an English teacher in Japan
>have to present on an American historical figure
>catch: the kids are like 10-12, so their English ability is pretty basic
Who's an American figure I could talk about that is well-known and wouldn't require lots of explanation about bills, laws, etc?
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Washington or Lincoln
Matthew Perry
Douglas MacArthur
Paul Tibbets
>Douglas MacArthur
What about him? Censored dicks in porn? Nuking Korea? The Bonus March? "I will return" in the Philippines?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Thomas Edison seems like the natural choice.
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Paul Warfield
Henry Ford
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Johnny "Appleseed" Chapman?
Curtis Lee May or Truman, obviously
Bill gates honestly, the japs love computers, instantly recognisable, also gives you a chance to introduce some basic technical language about computers that they might not of heard before
Enola Gay Tibbets, model american housewife
washington
These two are good.
Inventors or businessmen can help you introduce new words and avoid the thorny political issues. You won't come off as an Imperiarist whito piggu trying to preach them the wonders of the American system.
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and their English ability will not change thanks to you
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George Soros
It's time to redpill them user.
brando, babe ruth those gooks like baseball
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Mark Wahlberg
That Japanese Star Trek actor from the 70s
Edison and Gates are good suggestions.
Maybe the Wright Brothers? Don't know what Japan's position on the invention of powered flight is.
Robert Fulton is a good one as well.
Inventors are a great idea, definitely use that. Avoids most potential necessary political explanations.
What about John D Rockefeller, Henry Ford, Cornelius Vanderbilt, William Henry Vanderbilt and Andrew Carnegie, who pretty much made the most improvements to civilization in the last 300 years?
Charles Manson
Literally this. He's too obscure for people to start asking questions and a great person overall
Yeah I agree, Henry Ford is the way to go
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