Laughing with the third years
The third years are currently working on introducing me to Japanese items, festivals, sports, and foods. The two sentences they have to use are “This is called a _______. It is used when you _______.”
I had to read a couple of examples to the students in 3-2. Here is one of the examples I had to read: “This is called a katana. It was used when people fought. If you have one now you will be…” I burst out laughing and it was a loud laugh, more of a cackle. I had to sit down I was laughing so hard.
The rest of the introduction went like this, "...you will be arrested. Katana is made of iron.” Of all the words and things I expected to read the verb “be arrested” was not one of them. The students could not figure out why I was laughing. Once I read the “be arrested” Tsukune Sensei started to laugh also. Tsukune Sensei translated it into Japanese and then the students started to laugh.
I bonded with one girl in 3-2. The girl got a kick out of my katana laugh and she showed me that she had pictures from her trip to Kyoto, after class I stopped by her desk to go through them. After class two of the third year students greeted me with a huge “HELLO ERIN!” The students are slowly starting to loosen up around me.