The Question I Don’t Want to Be Asked!

If you're a dentist, you speak English, right?

It is generally believed that dentists are educated well in dental colleges.

In Japan, yes. People think so.

I don't know how it is in other countries.

For now, I think a number of people consider dentists to be highly educated and capable of using English as a second language.

Umm, I’m all for it!

But at least, except me. :(

I am Naohiro Tsukamoto a dental practitioner in the countryside of Japan.

Almost all of the people who live in the neighborhood are Japanese.

However, sometimes foreigners come to my dental clinic for treatment.

Most of those patients are Vietnamese or Indonesians, and they do not speak English. On the other hand, I do not also speak Vietnamese or Indonesian.

They come to Japan as language students, wonderfully, they can speak Japanese well. They must have studied Japanese very hard.

As a result, I did not experience any language difficulties during my treatment. All I had to do was speak Japanese as usual.

So far, it was good.

One day, an American patient who could only speak English come to my dental clinic. I was lucky. Coz he had an interpreter, so I could communicate with him.

Another day, a patient who could speak English and Korean came to my dental clinic for treatment. Luckily again for me, he had his wife with him as an interpreter.

Through these events, I came up with an idea. I must learn English as soon as possible, at least, I can communicate with patients who speak English and can’t speak Japanese. In other words, I decided that I had to get rid of my inferior English skills.

English is a tool. It is clear that If we don't use a tool, won't be able to use it. This is the reason why I’m not able to use and speak English yet.

From now on, I will post articles about my clinical dentistry.

Hmm yes, I’d like to write an article which mentions dental treatment in Japan from a cultural perspective.

However, it will be made by my poor English.

I hope you'll support me.

Thank you very much. :)

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