One Class Monday

I got up a little late today only because I stayed up till 3am to type up the report that I needed for today. I wanted to show CHda what I was talking about for the electives class, so that she would have a better idea of what I wanted to teach.

I dropped off JGz at Yokohama station and showed him around there to get to the places that he wanted to go to. I gave him my address so he could get a cell phone. I did this for about 30 minutes before I had to go to work.

Then I went to work. But I was about an hour and a half early, so I got breakfast at Sukiya. I haven’t eaten there for a long time. I got a ninniku don, which was actually a little spicy, but very good. I was the only person in the store at that time. No one came in or left while I was there. I was eating very slowly too, but I finished much faster than I wanted to. I didn’t want to go to work that early, but I guess that it was probably better that I show up early than late.

Then I went to work, but I was still really early. I wanted to use the LL today, but I couldn’t because they always have class inside there. It really isn’t a Language Laboratory anymore. That’s one of the drawbacks of working at the school. I never feel as if there are actually resources for teachers to use. I think that the school is a bit technologically impaired, which is poor since we are trying to teach these students to be ready for the future, but they hardly know how to use and handle technology.

I met with CHda to talk about the plan for tomorrow’s class. I laid everything out and helped her to do some stuff. She liked it and we worked on making copies, but the problem that I ran into was that the school’s printer in the office was making the copies without some words. They were to faint and you couldn’t read it. I was going around seeing if there was another printer I could use, but I couldn’t find one. Then when I found one, the laptop connected to it was old and couldn’t read the XML format that I usually save my documents in. That’s the irony that Microsoft upgraded its technology and I can’t use it on the school’s computers. It was a tough day for me, as you could tell.

Then I had class 5th period with 7th grade yuri. They did a word search. One of the students in the class was really on top of things. They were almost doing it faster than me. Actually she was faster than me because I started before she did. That was impressive to say the least. They were quiet and focused on getting it done. Most of all the students were able to get the top part and for the bottom part too.

Then I stayed after school because I wanted to use the LL, but it was still busy with after school classes. That was really annoying since I wanted to use it but I couldn’t. The school really needs to upgrade their systems or at least make it available. I wasted a good chunk of the day because I couldn’t do any of the work that I needed to do. It is ridiculous. I was tired because I didn’t get enough sleep last night.

When I left school, I took the regular way home, but stopped off at Yokohama station to get some stuff for White Day. I got some things for my co-workers that got me something on Valentines Day. It’s one of those things that I’m obligated to do. That took a little bit of time. I went to Sogo and just bought what other guys were buying. I figured if it was good enough for them, it’s good enough for me.

When I took the Keihin-Tohuku line home, there was an earthquake or something that stopped the train from moving. I was stuck on the train for an hour before we moved again. I was stuck at Kounandai station, which is only one stop away from my stop. It was so close, yet so far away. I could have gotten dinner at this station and come back and still the train wouldn’t have moved. I was getting very hungry at this time because it was about 7:30pm. I was a bit hungry as I was leaving work thinking that I could eat somewhere in Hongodai.

I got out around 8pm and got dinner at McDonalds. I was in a rush to get back and get cracking on my work. I did that till around 2am, but that really sucks for me because I have to get up at 6am. I finished up all the work that I wanted to tonight though so I’m good at pacing myself with this assignment for myself.