Today I had a full schedule – five classes out of six. The only break that I had was during second period, and I was busy marking papers. Lots of stuff to do today.
Still, anytime you have tons of classes that means more time to chat with students, and that’s my favorite part of my job. My conversations with them are generally pretty simple, but the excitement that they get out of it is really cool to see.
One of the problem students in Kuroda sensei’s class was asking me over and over in Japanese if I spoke Japanese. I played stupid and pretended that I didn’t. He was so sure that I did that he enlisted the help of the students around him and asked me in English. He didn’t really notice that I had motivated/tricked him into speaking English unprompted for the first time in his life. Kuroda sensei couldn’t believe it when she looked over and saw her worst student asking me quesitons in English.
Tonight I made roast beef sandwiches with the amazingly low priced roast beef that we got at IY the other day. I brushed olive oil on french bread and toasted them, and then put on avocado, garlic salt, tomato, and then some cheese on top of the hot roast beef slices. It turned out pretty good.
The bed is calling, so I’m going to go hit the rack pretty soon. Tomorrow I have just two classes, so I’ll have lots of time to study. That’s something to look forward to.
