- ドン・キホーテの新任店長を驚かせた、“業績を上げる”言葉遣い
http://bizmakoto.jp/bizid/articles/0910/21/news043.html - 「入ったらダメ」より「ご遠慮願えますか?」
http://bizmakoto.jp/bizid/articles/0903/16/news036.html - 「部長はおられますか?」――間違いがちな言い回しを正す
http://bizmakoto.jp/bizid/articles/0903/13/news101.html
Information that may be useful/benefitial for teahers of Japanese language in the U.S. (Some of the contents may rather be aginst language education, which I hope you will use to think about your counter argument.)