This is a story I found saved on the "English computer" at my school.  It was saved in the My Documents folder.  I honestly don't know where it came from.  My best guess is that the previous ALT wrote it... but I couldn't tell you why.  It's a pretty weird story.

"Magic School Babies"

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First day of teaching this semester is complete! I only taught 5/6 graders today. Oh man.... today it was so funny. I hate those Eigo Note books but there was this one audio track in the listening exercises about countries which made me laugh SO HARD. The thing that made me laugh was just..... he does NOT sound like an average Australian to me ( Read more... )

When I think about staying, I feel like it's the wrong choice. Like I am supposed to do something else after this. Like I want to do a lot of things in a lot of places ( Read more... )

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You'd think I would have figured out by now what I was going to teach for Christmas this year..... especially since I have to start doing it TOMORROW. I may show them the Charlie Brown Christmas special.... which is 25 minutes, but there isn't too much dialogue, and I can always translate for them on the spot (most of it is pretty easy or I can ( Read more... )

Yesterday I made tacos for dinner which was amazing. I think I will be able to eat leftovers til I go to the retreat this weekend. Sweeeeeet. Only bad thing was that my grocery store used to sell taco flavored corn chips for 100 yen and they don't have them any more. This is sad because I was going to have taco nachos with them.... and now that ( Read more... )

I have lost my voice...... at best, it sounds like someone raking leaves over a chalkboard.  I'm not sure how that will work out with work.... maybe I should just take the day off?  Or maybe I should just go to work and once they hear my voice they will send me home?  They have sent me home before if they know I really should have stayed home.  I ( Read more... )

How did I not realize that I have twin students? I think they're 2nd graders. Today I went out the gates after teaching and there were two girls dressed exactly alike and then they turned around and their faces were the same! And I recognized that face. But I never realized it belonged to two people. (They must be in different sections of the ( Read more... )

Talked to a teacher I have been having issues with.... hopefully class will be better now?  I think he's cool and his class is cool but for some reason he has not really been active or worked as a team with me during class ( Read more... )

Slept in until 9:00, which is something I don't often get to do.  On weekdays I have to get up by 7:30 at the very latest if I want to make it to work on time and look presentable.  Tomorrow I have to get up early again because I have English church.  But today I slept in most wonderfully ( Read more... )