I should have used my "Mickey will fuck your shit up" icon for this...
You know you're proficient at Japanese when...
1. You can totally rock an English -> Japanese translation.
2. You can read family and given names of most people you meet without having to strain yourself at guessing which kanji read in what way. My co-worker has been asking me all week to help her read some student files in Japanese.
3. You can tell off a group of four 6 year old boys for misbehaving in your class.
Yeah. That last one. For over two years I was the sweetest teacher I could be. Then I realized that kids weren't taking me seriously because they didn't think of me as a "real teacher". Lately I've been being a bitch to some of them and that actually does work in keeping them in line. o.O;; So today, my four boys were hyper as soon as they got in - rolling around on the floor wrestling with each other so they looked like one giant Katamari ball. I tried telling them to sit down in English. I tried "Stop!" which usually works. And then as one kid tried climbing the window sill I just yelled in Japanese
"You're not here to play around, you're here to study English. This is an English school, got it? You want to play, you do it outside! Understand? Do you hear me?!" (此処遊ぶ為に来てるんじゃないでしょ？此処は勉強する場所だろ？遊びたいなら外でして。分かってる？返事は？！)
All four boys cowered in the corner and nodded. Sense of accomplishment +200 points.
On the fandom side of things...
http://segirlstalk.xxxxxxxx.jp/
http://4242.nev.jp/
Soul Eater anthology for the female characters and another event for Soul Eater only things. SO GOING. Am so glad! Something to look forward to in the spring. Whee!
DA
1. You can totally rock an English -> Japanese translation.
2. You can read family and given names of most people you meet without having to strain yourself at guessing which kanji read in what way. My co-worker has been asking me all week to help her read some student files in Japanese.
3. You can tell off a group of four 6 year old boys for misbehaving in your class.
Yeah. That last one. For over two years I was the sweetest teacher I could be. Then I realized that kids weren't taking me seriously because they didn't think of me as a "real teacher". Lately I've been being a bitch to some of them and that actually does work in keeping them in line. o.O;; So today, my four boys were hyper as soon as they got in - rolling around on the floor wrestling with each other so they looked like one giant Katamari ball. I tried telling them to sit down in English. I tried "Stop!" which usually works. And then as one kid tried climbing the window sill I just yelled in Japanese
"You're not here to play around, you're here to study English. This is an English school, got it? You want to play, you do it outside! Understand? Do you hear me?!" (此処遊ぶ為に来てるんじゃないでしょ？此処は勉強する場所だろ？遊びたいなら外でして。分かってる？返事は？！)
All four boys cowered in the corner and nodded. Sense of accomplishment +200 points.
On the fandom side of things...
http://segirlstalk.xxxxxxxx.jp/
http://4242.nev.jp/
Soul Eater anthology for the female characters and another event for Soul Eater only things. SO GOING. Am so glad! Something to look forward to in the spring. Whee!
DA