The last Friday

Today would be one of the last regular classes that I would have this year. This year flew by so fast that it's a bit incomprehensible. I mean I've lived in Japan for about a year and a half already and I already need to get ready to go back home. I didn't have any of the 11^th grade classes today, which meant that I started work today at 10:50am. So, not only did a get to sleep in till it got a little bit warmer, it would also be one of the last days of classes. I didn't even realize that either.

I got to work a bit early today and ate breakfast at my desk as usual. I arrived early, so I had to kill some time at my desk not really doing anything till class started. The first class was with 7^th grade Ran. We did a little quiz, or what we call an English challenge, but it's basically a quiz on their drama to see if they understood it or not. The questions that CP made were a bit tricky for them. I'm surprised at how well they did with it. They really did understand what they were saying during their drama performances. That was a good thing to find out and I'm very impressed with their English abilities.

The next class was with 9^th grade Ran. They weren't as loud as usual, but they were still a bit loud. The loudest students weren't in class for a the beginning, but walked in late about 10 minutes into the class and the volume of the class increased incredibly. We were reviewing money today because they needed it if they were to go to Santa Barbara, which most of them will go. There are a few students who won't go in this class because of their horrible attitude towards things, mainly teachers, other students and probably on life too. Most of the time they weren't paying attention and just talking amongst themselves. I'm not sure how CP does it, but I would have lost my cool with them a long time ago. I'd have to be a hard-ass with them and just be strict as hell. I don't think they would listen any other way. Some of the students got some of the questions wrong, but overall, they got it right.

During lunch was a bit stressful. We had to give make-up oral tests for two different grades. I was finishing up 9^th graders, while CP was finishing up 10^th graders. I finished first and helped with the 10^th graders all within a 20 minute period during lunch.

5^th period with 10^th grade Yuri was pretty fun for me today. I enjoyed it. They were really into the activity and participating today, which made it better for me. We worked on a worksheet describing what they had done in the past like what was the strangest food they've ever eaten. Although that question was a bit hard for them because they already eat strange food or wouldn't eat it if they thought it was strange. Most of them put Lobster as the strangest food they've ever eaten. Isn't that interesting? We pretty much did this for the whole period since they were into it and they hadn't been too interested in anything in awhile. After they had finished, I asked some students to share, which they did. Then we finished off the class with a listening to Last Christmas by Wham. I wanted to test if they understood the meaning of the song. But that will be their homework for the winter vacation.

The last class of the day was with 7^th grade fuji. This class also did the Beauty and the Beast English Challenge and I'm surprised at how well they did. They are the lowest class in English and they were one of the highest scoring groups. They had very good comprehension of the material, which is very good. Some students in this class were wearing make-up though, which is a major violation of the school rules. Also the cabinet in the back of the room, was missing a door. That was pretty interesting to see, that a cabinet was MISSING a door. I thought at first they they didn't close it, but it was because the door was completely off the hinges. I think that they would have gotten a perfect score had it not been for one weird worded question that threw everyone off. But they did very well.

After school I had one more student in the 9^th grade do the speaking test, which she totally bombed on. I was trying to help her out, but she really had no idea what I was talking about. That's a bit sad for me, but she's always absent too, hence the make-up exam. Then I had to punch in some scores for another teacher to help her out with some stuff. I need to learn how to resort an excel spreadsheet on certain criteria again.

I left soon after that to have dinner at Matsuya, and then bought some stuff for when my family comes, like toothbrushes and towels. I need to get ready for their arrival since it will come very soon and it'll creep up on me without me knowing it.