ask me to plan a lesson on five minutes notice. I SO love the challenge, not. Edit: being for special class was even harder as I usually bring stuff specially in when I have them. We got into class, did greetings then she walked to the back of the students leaving me alone out the […]
Category Archives: The ALT life
Man, I’m glad I can understand some Japanese. I just overheard some teachers talking about how hard it is to get used to a new timetable. Suddenly the bells not matching with the clock made sense. This school, and just this one, has changed the times it runs on. Of course, if I was more […]
Two of the new teachers here – fresh out of uni – are standing in the middle of the staffroom, comparing whose fingers can reach the highest. They’re both extremely tall for Japanese men, so there is actually a sense of competition. There you go, kids…the stuff what teachers get up to when not teaching […]
went to work……………………………………………………………..negative check said same two line greeting I always say rather than thinking of something new…..check stand around tuning out the opening ceremony speeches…………………………check took photos of opening ceremony…………………………………………….negative check sit at desk doing nothing except thinking……………………………………check sit at desk not even thinking………………………………………………check leave work early………………………………………………………….check call into bike store and start looking […]
I will be going to Nishiwaki’s graduation ceremony tomorrow, not the school I am currently at, Kinokawa. Hooray for learning to negotiate and ask for things! I was at the Kinokawa graduation ceremony last year , so having me two years in a row is just plainly unfair 😉 Plus it is the school I […]
