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My internet's been down because for some unfathomable reason, I have two internet bills (only one of which actually looks like a bill). All connected again.
Considering picking up FFVII for the PS4, since my PS3 is still stateside. (Such a mistake to leave it, hahahaha).
I've been writing self-indulgent fic. Monica & Prompto bodyswap fic that explores some of the personal/political failings (lol I should really watch Kingsglaive, I guess). A angsty exploration of Kisumi/Makoto. My fandom interests are all over the place rn, to be honest.
Japan is Japan. I'm really enjoying my time here, but the things that upset me/made me anxious in America make me upset/anxious here. Plus the added language barrier. Learning Japanese is a struggle, but I'm doing my best. I'm staying another year, at least. Likely, I'll stay until the education system isn't being run by that terrible woman. :/ Otherwise, I might just find a new profession in the US. IDK.
Finding my groove teaching here, I think. It's difficult not having my own classroom, especially since I think I'm more qualified than a lot of my teachers are??? These textbooks many of my teachers cling to religiously are.... pretty goddamn terrible. Ah and rote memorization. And the completely awful homework the kids have to do. Sometimes I just want to scream endlessly about student-led learning, task-basked and dialogical pedagogy. But there's only so much I can do when I'm in an assistant position. :/ I like all of my teachers as people, but working with some of them makes me want to scream and/or cry.
Still, it's gratifying that even when I mess up a lesson, or something flops, that it's still better than sitting and reading the textbook for fifty minutes.
This entry was originally posted at http://mako-lies.dreamwidth.org/153756.html.
Considering picking up FFVII for the PS4, since my PS3 is still stateside. (Such a mistake to leave it, hahahaha).
I've been writing self-indulgent fic. Monica & Prompto bodyswap fic that explores some of the personal/political failings (lol I should really watch Kingsglaive, I guess). A angsty exploration of Kisumi/Makoto. My fandom interests are all over the place rn, to be honest.
Japan is Japan. I'm really enjoying my time here, but the things that upset me/made me anxious in America make me upset/anxious here. Plus the added language barrier. Learning Japanese is a struggle, but I'm doing my best. I'm staying another year, at least. Likely, I'll stay until the education system isn't being run by that terrible woman. :/ Otherwise, I might just find a new profession in the US. IDK.
Finding my groove teaching here, I think. It's difficult not having my own classroom, especially since I think I'm more qualified than a lot of my teachers are??? These textbooks many of my teachers cling to religiously are.... pretty goddamn terrible. Ah and rote memorization. And the completely awful homework the kids have to do. Sometimes I just want to scream endlessly about student-led learning, task-basked and dialogical pedagogy. But there's only so much I can do when I'm in an assistant position. :/ I like all of my teachers as people, but working with some of them makes me want to scream and/or cry.
Still, it's gratifying that even when I mess up a lesson, or something flops, that it's still better than sitting and reading the textbook for fifty minutes.
This entry was originally posted at http://mako-lies.dreamwidth.org/153756.html.