Mr. Grumpy used to be Señor McCright. Señor McCright taught Spanish for many years. Usually in elementary schools. When Señor McCright started working as a part-time substitute teacher, a Kindergarten student called him “Mr. Grumpy”, and a new persona was born. People who know me know that I am not grumpy, and that makes the idea better.
My last teaching job was in Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan. Kofu is Des Moines, Iowa’s sister city. For more than 20 years, Des Moines Public Schools have sent teachers to Kofu to help with Kofu Public Schools with its English language instruction. In 2024, they sent me. I helped teach students at Jonan Junior High School on Kofu’s south side