I came in this morning and found out that yesterday after school, a girl had been caught smoking on school grounds. Many of the teachers were pretty upset, but Mr. Hayashi thought it was hilarious. There were six kids involved – one actually doing the smoking, and five (!) kids posted as sentries to watch out for teachers.
Mr. Hayashi and I were impressed how intricate the plot was, but in the end, having so many sentries backfired. One of them spilled the beans under intense questioning, and so even though the smoker wasn’t caught red-handed, she was still busted. She got suspended for one month.
All over the school are posters saying not to drink or smoke, but then it takes just one visit to our teacher’s room and you see the teacher’s standing by the fans smoking like crazy. Kind of mixed messages, I think.
Our freshman are going on a field trip next month to Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, and I was locked in to going, but I found out that I have a prefectural meeting in Kobe that is mandatory for me to attend. One meeting a year I’m responsible for, and I miss out on an all-expenses paid trip to Universal Studios Japan with my students. Ack!
Today was ESS club, and only two girls showed up. They were the two that were overcome with hormones last time – they are new to the club, and are just trying it out. They didn’t want to do any of the activities I had planned – they wanted to try to get me to say Japanese swear words, and so I ended up getting them to translate Japanese words that I knew (not the swear words). At least they worked on English a little.
A big “Happy Birthday” to my brother Mark – who just got one year older. Keep up the good work! Sorry I can’t be there to tip one back with you.
