Last Friday I was shown proof that not all my students have been lobotomised…When I rocked up to class, a couple of students were debating my name (I so love it when they talk about me, forgetting that I can understand them!) and one of them (the loudest in the class) asked the JTE what […]
Category Archives: Japan
Tis nice to be welcomed back so warmly to Nishiwaki JHS – my 2nd fave school, apart from the students! All the teachers said hello and seem pleased to see me which has made it a good start to the day. I should note at this point, considering how down on work I was last […]
Here I am, it’ 3.50pm and I have been doing nothing for the last hour. Nor has anyone else. The admin people are playing with their mobiles, two teachers are chatting, another is playing on his laptop, the vice-principal is reading a book and NO-ONE is working. Yet we all stay. why oh why. Surely […]
I have just finished marking the last of self-intro worksheets students had to do. The last class I taught here (I have no classes this morning and AM FLYING TO CHINA TONIGHT!!!! Not much excited:-) was yesterday and it was a class which had not yet had a class with me, despite me having been […]
There is a Lush in Osaka – in a big,shiny,new shopping complex coveniently next to the station. I had a blissfully ‘happy’ bubble bath today. And I can now say: I’m going to China NEXT WEEK!!!! Now that’s exciting!
