Long Day

It was still open school today for Junior High School so parents would come and observe the classes. We had a pretty full house for the first class today. It was 3rd period so it was a bit early, but not that early. And it’s usually only the 7th grade parents that come. We were working with the kiku class today. So today for this class, we were working on the recitation contest. The contest takes place tomorrow, so this is pretty much the last time they get to practice. We were working on the S, Sh, V, F, and W sounds today as well as getting them to stand up and give their recitation. It was pretty good and it was nice that all the parents came and saw them when they were good. It would have been bad if they came when they were still bad. So things worked out nicely.

The 4th period class today was with 8th grade ran. We worked on the next chapter which was on questions. We covered the dialogue and all the usual things. We skipped the communication goal and told them to bring in souvenirs for the next class.

The 5th period class with 8th grade yuri, was much like the last class since it was back to back. This class is a much higher level class than all of the other 8th grade classes and it really is apparent too.

The last class of the day was with 11th grade kiku and we were working on the going abroad section. I brought all the travel brochures that I have been picking up from time to time to the class and they started their research for the last test I will give them. It’s a bit sad, but at least I know that they will enjoy this class. They were really excited about it and really motivated by it. I felt great, even though I was beginning to tire easily.

After class, I helped with some students to clean the office. Yeah, students in Japan clean the school which includes the teachers’ office. Then I had a lot of grading to do for all the vocabulary tests that I have been giving out. That took forever to finish up because I was working on three classes worth of grading and working on the answer sheet before that. After I finished, I was studying some Japanese, since I just should be. But before I really got started with it, I had to help with the set up for tomorrow’s recitation contest.

So I went over to the gym and started to help with the set up. First it was the chairs and then with all the arrangement of the chairs. Everything had to be super straight and perfectly lined up. Then it was the main sign over the stage. That took a little while since it wasn’t exactly centered the first time we tried it. But all this took a long time and I couldn’t get off of work till around 7:30pm. I decided that when I got home, I would have curry rice. I needed to get rid of it before it went bad. So it took a little while and I was really getting tired.

I went on the computer and saw some stuff on YouTube that kept me up till about 2:30am. That was definitely not good since I had to get up for the recitation contest. There was this one clip about Kevin Smith talking about the Superman movie. It was some funny shit. If you have a chance, check it out.