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Shower Thoughts
— I always come up with my best and most interesting ideas in the shower. Unfortunately, I never write them down. Sometimes I am lucky enough to remember them. Today, two things came up. 1. Do...
Teaching.
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New School – Toke Junior High
— Another term, another school. The teachers here seem really nice. The school is about a 10 minute walk from the station and its in a really rural area. I will finally be able to...
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Farewell to the Third Years: Dance
— The second year students made a play for the graduating third years. I’m not too sure what it was about, but this is the dancing portion. [vimeo]3468321[/vimeo]
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Typical School Lunch.
— Not one of the better days. Although I did enjoy the fruit (can’t remember what it was called.)
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The Cake
— The wonderful students of ３年２組 made me some cake! Tasted good 🙂 Only problem is, now that they are preparing for graduation – I don’t get to teach them anymore. I only had three...
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New School – Sannou Junior High
— Started at Sannou JHS Tuesday last week. Still have a few self introductions to do. I really don’t have a problem introducing myself, yet doing it fifteen times over a week and a half...
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New School – Makuharihongo
— The summer is finally over. The days are getting cooler. School has begun. I didn’t really get up to much over the summer holidays as my credit card bill is equal to my pay...
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Why Japanese kids think they are learning English.
— For one of my first lessons, I asked the students to get into groups and try to think about why they are studying English. These are some of the most common answers from 18...
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New School – Takahama Junior High School
— Just arrived today, luckily it is a Monday. Only a half day for me. There are around 270 students, nine classes in total. Seems like a nice school. The kids are similar to those...
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New School – Tokeminami Junior High School
— Too late! I should have written about this ages ago. Its not really the new school for me any more now that I have been here since school started again after the summer break....