My last day before a long break

I only had two classes today with one student. But I still had to wake up at 5am just to get to school on time. I actually woke up at 4:30am, ahead of my alarm again. So what I did in the morning was different than usual, I was preparing for the day’s lesson. I had finished the lesson preparation last week, but I wanted to get the last details finished and start preparing for next week’s lesson. I’m not sure what I will do for next week, but I want to make it fun and educational. Today’s lesson will be a tough one to get through.

The topic of the day was writing, which happens to be my subject’s most hated. So I had my work cut out for me today. The first class went rather smooth since we just reviewed from the weeks before and to my surprise most of what we had talked about was retained. I finished the class with what she wanted to do if she opened up a school of her own. The topic was to make a dress code, but I wanted to make it more advanced for her since I believe she is able to do it. I was giving her an education about life and finance as well. I think she was interested because she had asked many relevant questions to the questions that I posed her. Therefore, I am happy with the result of the first hour. I think that it was very productive.

The second class was pretty smooth as well. We were doing a lot of conversing and I was trying to expand her mind and sight of her future. I was talking about something that really interested her. Near the end of the class, she noticed that I was trying to speed through the lesson and the PowerPoint slides and asked me if class was almost over. I told her that there’s only a few more minutes left and she replied that class went by pretty fast. That’s good news for me because I believe that means she enjoyed it. She didn’t seem uninterested and was really asking good questions so I was able to get her attention to work on the subject matter.

After class, I stuck around for a little bit, but I realized that I would be doing nothing. Since everyone was getting ready for a parent-teacher meeting in the gym. So I just decided that I wouldn’t wait too long and started asking all the teachers if they needed any help, they said no and told me to go home. I think that they really want me to enjoy my stay in Japan and don’t want me to work too hard. I’m not sure, but it could be just that they want to get rid of me too. They like to use my desk space when I’m not there, but I don’t mind since there’s nothing there anyways.

I got home pretty quick and it was becoming very warm at this time since I was still wearing my suit. Wearing a suit in summer is definitely not fun. But this will be the last day that I have to do so. Since next time I go back, they would have switched from fall uniforms to summer uniforms. I won’t be going to a school function till the Kyougen performance on Thursday of next week.

It took me about 2 hours to get home and I did a little shopping at the grocery store to get myself enough food for the rest of the day and into tomorrow’s lunch. I think that tomorrow I will need to go out for dinner and probably do a little bit of exploring.

When it was around time for dinner, I popped in a new DVD that I haven’t opened yet. I decided to watch Back to the Future Part I. Damn I love that movie. It’s so great and I really enjoyed watching it tonight too. It’s much different from when I remember it before. I think now that I’m more focused and was able to notice more than I was able to before. After that I came here to punch up this entry.