21 Years of Wisdom: One Man's Extraordinary Odyssey in JapanGrowing up in the crime ridden streets of Los Angeles, author Darrell Gartrell could easily have become just another statistic. But after a backpacking tour of Europe, he landed in Osaka, Japan. His private English lessons led to the opening of an Osaka based English school in 1991. The "eikaiwa", called Wisdom21, was an instant hit and eventually expanded nationwide. But a "gaijin" managing a chain of language schools was to come at a heavy price. As