Another Easy Day

Today I only had two classes. The first was an 8th grade class so once again we were doing a play. This was the blue bird, but this time we were in the gymnasium and using props. It's a lower level class, so I had to intervene a little to correct some of their English. They really don't get into it and it's sometimes hard to hear what they are saying. But I think that's the best we can get out of them. They haven't memorized the songs yet, so that might be a part that I'd look for when I see the plays.

Which actually I might not be able to see the plays because I'll be working the attraction rooms all day, so I might not be able to see it. Which will be a big bummer for me. That's my only job for the day, just to administer the rooms to help with the English games.

The second class was my only 11th grade class. Today they were performing their oral exams. They weren't as good as I had originally thought. They are much higher level than the 12th graders, but they didn't perform at that level. It was very sad to see and it was reflected in their scores. They didn't have much time to prepare, but I think they still could have done better than what I saw.

After that, we had to wait around to hear some make-ups from the 12th graders that were absent when it was their time to do their speeches. It took up the whole lunch time, and then some. We had to move locations because the room we were using was being used for something else, but the speeches were utterly horrible. I mean they had extra time, but I don't know what caused them to be absent in the first place and it seemed like I was being a hard ass to the students, but still I think they got what they deserved. Only a few managed to pass, but the last person to give their speech only had half of it done and from the half that was written only half was actually said. She got under 50% as her score, quite a sad thing.

After school, I was working on studying some Japanese. I've finally moved onto chapter 7. I need to get a move on it and cram like crazy so I can be almost finished with the book by the end of the year. If I'm able to do that, I'll be able to understand more Japanese an hopefully be able to speak much better too. And the sooner that happens, the better. I'm happy that I'm working on my Japanese.