Today, I was the history teacher. Mr. Urakami, the real history teacher, invited me to his class to teach a quick lesson on California history. I only spent about 10 minutes on California history, and spent the rest of my time talking about a day in the life of a high school student, and answering questions. It was a lot of fun, and the students were really into it. I don’t teach any of these students normally, so they really were savoring the time.
I had a couple of other fun classes, and also got to spend some time studying. We had a meeting after school but I left a little early to coach one of my ESS students because she is taking the STEP test interview for the first time on Sunday. I hope she does well.
At Ito Yokado I was there trying to see if I could get some presents wrapped for Kuniko’s birthday tomorrow. I asked the lady, and we had a long conversation. Actually, she did most of the talking, but I could follow what was going on. At one point, she apologized for not knowing more English. Here we are in Japan, and she’s apologizing for not knowing enough English to communicate to me. That gives you a good idea of how patient people are with me, and how great the service is at Ito Yokado.
