Jason Schock is a native of Colorado, in the U.S.A. While studying for his undergraduate degree in Humanities, he began tutoring foreign students in English. Not only did he find he greatly enjoyed it but he was advised by many of them to go abroad to begin a career of such teaching. Thusly, immediately after graduating, Jason accepted the invitation of a Japanese friend and ended up finding a job in a private language school on Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan, and then later at Evergreen language school in Tokyo/Yokohama.
After nearly two years in Japan, Jason decided that, although he adored the work, Japan was not the place for him. Unsure how to proceed, Jason returned to Colorado and eventually began working with computers. This led him to another computer job with Boise State University in Idaho. Once again associating himself with the foreign students’ community, he was eventually invited to pursue his chosen profession in Poland, first at Lektor foreign language school in Wrocław, and then later at public secondary schools, and was ultimately accepted to the teaching staff of the Institute of English Studies.
Jason’s heartfelt love of teaching, which has only grown stronger through the years, is a fact any of his students could attest to. In addition to his full-time work teaching Speaking Skills classes, Jason has joined with Elaine Horyza to lead students of the Institute in a performance of Christmas carols in English nearly every year since 2006. He is also a freelance copy editor.
In October 2008, Jason completed a master’s degree from the Institute of English Studies under the wing of Professor (dr hab.) Anna Michońska-Stadnik, to whom he is most grateful. The topic of his M.A. thesis was „Implicit/Explicit Instruction in Learning Appropriate Use of Dishonesty When Writing American Résumés” („Pośrednie/Bezpośrednie Wskazówki w Nauce Prawidłowego Zastosowania Nieuczciwości w Pisaniu Życiorysu w Amerykańskim Stylu”, or sometimes paraphrased as „How To Teach Students To Lie on Résumés Like Americans Do”).
