When East had student teachers last month, that meant less work for me because they were too afraid of me to teach with me.  Fair enough. But at West this month, it's pretty much the opposite.  Today, the English Student Teacher had her demonstration lesson, so I got to help her, hurray for me.  The first grade English teacher asked if I would help ( Read more... )

What do you think of my new userpic? Does it look like me? Well, except that it's probably a size 2? :) Tests today for the third graders, so I think I have one class. It's a rough life. Leaving plans are getting into full swing, though I still don't have a plane ticket in my possession. I wonder if it's time for another visit to the boe? I ( Read more... )

I think this makes 5 posts for the month. Sorry about that. I've got senior-itis, or japan-itis or whatever. So let's see. Our first topic today will be pride ( Read more... )

It's finally Friday, woo. In 30 minutes I can start packing up. This week wasn't bad, there was a lot of down time though, and my teacher did drive me nuts, adding classes to my schedule. I taught with the teacher who never ever speaks to me for the first time yesterday. He's 24ish and I don't know, maybe he is afraid of me. Anyway, I have no ( Read more... )

It's only Wednesday. I woke up this morning and really thought it was Saturday. It took me a few minutes to figure out what day it was. I have been sitting at my desk since Thursday and have yet to actually teach a class. I'm sure you think that means I should blog more then ( Read more... )

We just had the opening ceremony for the new first year students. During the ceremony, one of the South American girls caught my eye and gave me a smile on the way back to her seat. It was funny because it was kind of like a secret smile. Like we understand something that the majority of the people in that room don't, or maybe it's the other way ( Read more... )

Let's all just pretend I was on an amazing trip and far too busy to write. Ok? In actuality I was doing a whole lot of nothing very interesting, and yet surprisingly busy. I went to the gym every day and usually saw a friend or two in the evening. I also cleaned up my apartment a bit, and sold some more things at the used-goods store. I got ( Read more... )

Mr Meany is off to Kofu. Words cannot express how happy I am about that! Seriously. Here's the run down of my teacher swapping ( Read more... )

I spent a few hours yesterday and a few hours today getting rid of evidence in a paper shredder. Evidence of the students that have just graduated. All their old tests, etc. had to go. In an effort to appear useful, I thought I'd help Obi Sensei, the mastermind behind it all ( Read more... )

The 2nd graders had to perform a play in class in small groups. Here's a girl group, probably the best of the bunch. I have another one on Youtube of the boys, it's pretty funny too, I'm not going to lie!