I had my first two classes since vacation ended today, and they both went pretty well. The first was with the new English teacher, Matsubara sensei. She was understandably pretty nervous about teaching in front of some new students, and using English the whole time. She did a good job, though, and I think the lesson turned out great. The students in the class were taking it as an elective, so they were really into English. There were four boys, and the other 25 members were girls. I don’t know what that means, but it was like an all-star class of my favorite students from last year. I really enjoyed the group, and after they get used to me and the new teacher, we’ll have some fun in there.
My next class was with Mr. Hayashi teaching the third year English Proficiency preparation class. Mr. Hayashi had some ideas on how to teach the class, and so we tried some of them out, and they went pretty well. I think the class will get bored with it quickly, though, so hopefully we can spice things up later.
Tonight I turned on the TV and watched part of the Hanshin Tigers game. It’s the first time I’ve really sat down and watched TV since Kuniko moved her TV over here. It was fun to crack open a beer and watch baseball on TV.
Tomorrow should be another easy day – no classes for me. Hopefully we can get the ESS gang together and introduce the new teacher. I’ll go over and have a lesson with Tsuji-san, and then I’ll be getting ready for the weekend. Can’t wait!
