Every Monday I ask Maemura Sensei and Iikura Sensei what classes they want me to teach with them and then we work out my schedule for the week. Then before I leave for school at the end of the day I confirm my schedule for the following day with them. I like doing this because then I know how busy I am going to be for the day and I can adjust my ( Read more... )

1-3 is Iikura Sensei’s homeroom and I almost died from laughing during that class. The students were practicing telephone conversations and had to do a lot of pair work. During on part of the pair work I hear Iikura Sensei tell a student “I hate you.” I started to laugh and the student gave me a look because he had no idea what Iikura Sensei had ( Read more... )

I had lunch today with 3-2 and it was entertaining. The homeroom teacher (Shina Sensei) was gone so instead the math teacher (Takahashi Sensei) ate with the students. She is a new teacher and a younger teacher so the students pick on her, in a good way. Because she is younger, the students expected her to speak in English and she did a pretty good ( Read more... )

Thank you for the wonderful letter Rose! I love getting mail, there is nothing better than getting done with work and having a letter waiting for you to read.

I don’t know if I have mentioned the Men’s Club at Takaku Chu yet. The Men’s Club is made up of the powerful and elite men at Takaku Chu, it consists of the head first, second, and third year ( Read more... )

This summer I went to the My Ami Festival and I ran into one of my fifth grade elementary school student who was doing the Bon Dance with the same group that I was dancing with. She and I talked in broken English and Japanese for the night and we had a wonderful time. Her mom took some pictures of us and today the student gave me the pictures when ( Read more... )

Bored…I am bored…Bored…wait…something is going on…. Maemura Sensei is in a panic and now the teachers are frantically looking for something.

Ah, it appears that the second year listen part of the English test has been misplaced and the teachers are frantically looking for it and trying to figure out what they should do. I really wish I could help ( Read more... )

It may turn out to be a wonderful day. The sun is shinning, it is the last day of school, and my driving information with a written statement came in the mail yesterday!

It had been raining since Monday and it has finally stopped. I am able to see the sun through the clouds and it is a wonderful 77 degrees with a light breeze. I am enjoying the ( Read more... )

Yesterday I taught three classes at Takaku Chu; two of the first year classes and one second year class. To top it off the air was not turned on the teacher’s room until 3:30pm. I have learned that humidity stinks. I was dead after fourth period (12:15pm) because it was just too humid to move.

At 5:00pm, I jumped in my car and I drove to Yomo ( Read more... )

I am finally getting the hang of my conversation classes! I am super excited because they have been going well and because the students are starting to loosen up around me. I think it has to do with the speeches I am having them write now. The students spent the period writing their speeches on the recent school trip to Kyoto and Nara. So for those ( Read more... )

School today was awesome! I finished teaching the first year students numbers and we had a great time. The students enjoyed playing telephone and they got a kick out of criss cross.

The first year English teacher is amazing. He is a younger teacher 31 years old (or ice creams old as the students say) and the students love him. He enjoys playing ( Read more... )