We both got up around the same time this morning, and I got a chance to fill up my brand new bento lunchbox with tons of food. The bento fits in my man-purse, so I don’t have to go to work with my little lunch bag anymore. That means one more free hand I can stuff in my pocket and keep warm.
At work today I had a heavy schedule – five classes out of six. I did preparations for the classes early in the morning. They all went great but one, a new lesson that I had dreamed up. Actually, Kuroda sensei and I think that the lesson itself wasn’t bad – it was the student attitude that sucked.
The class was one that Kuroda sensei really dreads teaching. Not because they are behaving poorly – they are very quiet. Not because they are not smart – they have the highest test scores in the whole school. It’s because they don’t work well together. There is a lot of tension in the room whenever we teach. Some students have complained about others, and there are always people that won’t speak to other people. There are only about five students out of forty that will answer questions, and so that makes it pretty tough to get them excited and have a fun lesson.
Other than that class, everything else went smoothly. All of the students that I had coached to pass the STEP test ended up passing, and that made me very happy. They were really excited to pass that milestone, and hopefully next year in high school they can pass the next level.
I’m back home right on time, and I’m getting ready to cook up some yakisoba for tonight’s dinner. I’ve got a noodle craving…