Oops, it's Monday again
OK so I lied a bit. Sorrys. >_<;
But the weekend had absolutely nothing to it, so maybe I'm ok.
Last Monday was all staff meetings. It got quite boring. On the plus side, I had plenty of time to get my work finished. That was nice.
Tuesday was Opening Ceremony. That was pretty boring, too. I caught a little bit of the speeches, and there were rewards handed out for sports club victories and things over summer break. Boring again, but I got to wear my fun pants, which was awesome. Some people wondered if I was trying to set a new fashion, but I just think they're fun. I almost wish I could wear skirts over here (the Japanese girliness must be getting to me... oh dear) but there's no way that's gonna happen. Maybe if I get down the 80 lbs I want to get rid of.
Wednesday was homework tests, those poor kids. Ugh.
Thursday things finally started getting interesting on Thursday. I got to go to the awesome Nishiko again. I thought it was a little funny - going form not teaching for over a month to having 4 classes in a day, but it turned out kinda fun. It was A week though, and I don't really like A week as much. A week I teach 3 classes of 2nd year JHS kids, 1 class of 1st years. B week, the proportions are reversed. A week is much more confusing for me, I go to 4 different classrooms with 4 different teachers. B week there are still different classrooms, but I have the same teacher, Watanabe-sensei, for 3 of my 4 classes. It's much easier to talk about what worked and what didn't in between classes, and then I don't have to change to 4 different teaching styles. Not to mention the first years are just so darn cute! At least the teaching style this week was relatively normal - they have a weird way of having me teach the second years that seems to work in theory but not in actuality. Theoretically, me and a group of 4 or 5 kids go sit in a circle at the back of the class or in a hallway, and everyone talks about whatever the topic is that week. Actually, I usually end up trying to start a conversation with 4 or 5 silent, staring students.
And I just decided to continue this tomorrow cuz I'm tired. kthxbye. ^_^
But the weekend had absolutely nothing to it, so maybe I'm ok.
Last Monday was all staff meetings. It got quite boring. On the plus side, I had plenty of time to get my work finished. That was nice.
Tuesday was Opening Ceremony. That was pretty boring, too. I caught a little bit of the speeches, and there were rewards handed out for sports club victories and things over summer break. Boring again, but I got to wear my fun pants, which was awesome. Some people wondered if I was trying to set a new fashion, but I just think they're fun. I almost wish I could wear skirts over here (the Japanese girliness must be getting to me... oh dear) but there's no way that's gonna happen. Maybe if I get down the 80 lbs I want to get rid of.
Wednesday was homework tests, those poor kids. Ugh.
Thursday things finally started getting interesting on Thursday. I got to go to the awesome Nishiko again. I thought it was a little funny - going form not teaching for over a month to having 4 classes in a day, but it turned out kinda fun. It was A week though, and I don't really like A week as much. A week I teach 3 classes of 2nd year JHS kids, 1 class of 1st years. B week, the proportions are reversed. A week is much more confusing for me, I go to 4 different classrooms with 4 different teachers. B week there are still different classrooms, but I have the same teacher, Watanabe-sensei, for 3 of my 4 classes. It's much easier to talk about what worked and what didn't in between classes, and then I don't have to change to 4 different teaching styles. Not to mention the first years are just so darn cute! At least the teaching style this week was relatively normal - they have a weird way of having me teach the second years that seems to work in theory but not in actuality. Theoretically, me and a group of 4 or 5 kids go sit in a circle at the back of the class or in a hallway, and everyone talks about whatever the topic is that week. Actually, I usually end up trying to start a conversation with 4 or 5 silent, staring students.
And I just decided to continue this tomorrow cuz I'm tired. kthxbye. ^_^