I pulled in today at my normal time, but there were only a few people at work. I used the time to go up to my classroom and hang up some more pictures – photos from Seoul, Sydney, and Tokyo.
I talked for the first time with one of the English teachers that has been avoiding me since I arrived at the school. This term there is no avoiding it – he’s going to have to teach classes with me. Mr. Hayashi told me that he’s been studying English very hard in preparation, and today he got to use a little bit with me. We had a nice conversation about his weekend, and he did a great job. He’s got nothing to be afraid of.
Mr. Hayashi came in at about nine o’clock, and didn’t even go to his new desk. He sat in his old chair next to me and we shot the breeze for a while. He apologized for me staying where I was. Apparently the last two ALTs spoke almost no Japanese, so they moved them along with Mr. Hayashi. He said that they think my Japanese is good enough that I don’t have to be held by the hand all day. I’d tend to disagree, but it was a nice compliment.
More from Mr. Hayashi: I should be fine to take two weeks in July to go home to California, I can leave early on the 15th of this month to go see Radiohead, and there is a new part time teacher that is, as Mr. Hayashi describes her, “very charming”. The history teacher almost fell out of his chair trying to get details, so I already feel bad for this poor lady.
I packed up my gear and left around 11:30 and did some shopping on the way home. I also stopped in at the Miyakura shrine to take some pictures of the cherry blossoms there.
