Wednesday

It was really hard to get up this morning. It was so freaking cold that it’s almost unbelievable. I’m still in autumn mode and not really getting ready for winter. But it’s already here and it’s here almost in full form.

I managed to get ready and out the door at the right time to get to work on time. I caught a slightly earlier train that got me to where I wanted to go on time. The first class was with 11th grade yuri. We started off with the listening test and they did fine on that. I think that it might have been too easy for them. That’s good for them though since they are at a very high level. Then I gave them some time to work on their speeches with their partner. I gave them four new questions and let them look at the pamphlets to get their work finished. Most finished really quickly, so I’ll have to figure out what I want to do with them next week.

2nd period was with 8th grade yuri. They had their performance on the Blue Bird. I was really impressed by their performance. It was really good. They nailed their lines and had the gestures and everything. It was really a good performance by them and probably the best of the 8th grade.

3rd period was with 10th grade Fuji. They were having trouble today understanding the assignment. We’ve been working on Past Participles recently and talking about what they’ve done in their past, so we had a worksheet talking about things they’ve done before. They were struggling with a question about what was the strangest thing they’ve eaten. I think this was the case because they already eat strange ass things. I mean Japanese people have the strongest stomachs of anyone on earth. Who the hell eats fermented soybeans… EVERY MORNING!!?? It’s the nastiest thing in the world.

4th period I had off, so I wanted to take that time to distribute all the souvenirs to the teachers in the teacher’s room. What I realized was that I didn’t have enough for everyone. I was only like a few short and I had to give away two separate gifts, one for the higher ranked people and one for the teachers at my level. I’m not sure, but I had a bad feeling while giving it out. I’m not why either, but I did.

5th period was with 9th grade kiku. We had to give out tests on shopping, most of the students were having trouble learning how to pay. They couldn’t understand the size difference either. They were struggling for a little bit. But I think that was only with my section of the classroom that I was grading.

6th period was with 9th grade Fuji. They were much better and it was harder for them because they had to do it in front of the class, since there weren’t any absent students, I had to use the teacher’s desk which is in the front of the room.