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Thoughts on Teaching General EducationCourses**Lynne Nakano *The Chinese University of Hong KongI am grateful for the opportunity to teach here at The Chinese University ofHong Kong (CUHK) and as part of the General Education Program. It was a greathonor to have received the Exemplary Teaching Award in General Educationfor 2007–08. I wish to thank my Department Chair, Professor Lee Wood Hung,for his support and for his dedication to students and quality teaching at theDepartment of Japanese Studies. I am also indebted to all of my colleaguesfor their advice and for providing models of good teaching. I am grateful tomy Ph.D. supervisor, Professor William Kelly, for creating the course on Japanat Yale University upon which my own course on Japan is based. From myformer teachers, predecessors, and colleagues I have been fortunate to havebeen taught principles and guidelines that I try to practice in my own teaching.I believe these principles are relevant to the core vision of General Education* Associate Professor, Department of Japanese Studies, Faculty of Arts, The ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong.** The article is based on a speech delivered in the award presentation ceremony of ExemplaryTeaching Award in General Education (2007–08) at CUHK.