Teaching Seniors

Today was pretty chill. I didn't have to do much today. I woke up late since I was cracking codes till the crack of dawn. But I wasn't late. It was a little disorienting because it was testing week and that means most students only have two periods, while today I had three. Seniors have regular classes while the rest of the school only had two. So it's weird that kids were cleaning up and it was still early and I was like, what's going on here...

The seniors were working on their final drafts for the test next week, so most of the work was already done, and I was just checking it to make sure it made sensed and flowed. Some classes were behind while others were finished as I walked through the door, once again, my comment about the slow pace. We've got to amend things to keep the students engaged.

I got to work with one of the English teacher today working on a manuscript for a senior speech that the student wil be giving at an informational session. It turned out much better than I thought. My brain was working for once, and the English that came out of my mouth was good.

So that worked out for me. And then I talked to another English teacher that I normally don't talk to. She's actually the wife of the teacher that I speak with most, the history teacher that sits behind me. She's very nice and they make a cute couple, although you'd never guess that they're married. Still, they don't act like a married couple, actually none of the couples do. I think its for the bosses though so they don't get fired. But she helped me with the copy machine even though I knew how it worked from two weeks prior. I just wanted an opportunity to speak with her since I haven't done so yet.

I brought out an old book to read. I've read this book a few times already, but it never gets old and actually it's good to refresh. I like it, but it's not as powerful as it used to be. I'm feeling more drained than usual and usually this will fill me up. But I guess today, I've just got to get through it on my own.

I took a trip to the Vodafone store today at Yokohama station. I looked at the phone I wanted and saw the price being 500 yen, that's about $5. I was like OOOHH !! I'm buying it. It's about $40 cheaper than the website advertising it, and much cheaper than all the other places I've looked at. For all the features that comes with it, IT'S A STEAL! So I signed up, only missing one piece of information. So I had to go home to get it, but when I got to Totsuka station, not my normal path home, I noticed that there was another Vodafone store. So I go upstairs and see the price listed as FREE... I was like are you kidding. You've got to be kidding me. The deal got better and better. One of the ladies walked up to me and spoke in Japanese. I didn't understand everything she was saying, but I could get the gist of it. BUT if I heard her correct, she had told me that I should go buy a NTT DoCoMo phone because Vodafone wasn't good in the area... I was like, "do you work for Vodafone or DoCoMo???" She was selling her competing company.

And the phone that I want was free... I mean come on, it's a world class phone that I can use in the states, and all over the world for that matter. Vodafone is a huge carrier in Japan, and a big player on the worldwide market. The payment plans could be better but it's still not bad at all. But she was selling me a DoCoMo phone... so I decided I was going to go home and get TT to come with me to hear her. But when I got home, no one was at the house. So I got some food and just went home. I didn't get a cell phone today, but there's always another day.

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