Today was a big day because I finally had some classes to teach. I had two classes in the afternoon, both new lessons. The students responded pretty well, and despite the fact that I’m always nervous about teaching new lessons, it went just fine.
I continued to put in a ton of time reviewing flashcards and working with Supermemo. I feel like it’s helping – but we’ll have to see if it pays off down the road. It’s definitely working better than the old program I was using.
After school we had an ESS meetup, and I prodded the students into an activity. They were more interested at hurling insults at each other in Japanese and they only started doing the activity when I brought in the new English teacher, Kobayashi sensei. I practically had to hold a gun to their heads for them to ask her a question in English, but by the time I was done we had an interview. Then I typed it up and we’ll get it posted on the ESS bulletin board in the next few weeks.
I met up with Tsuji-san for some Japanese/English conversation, and then came back home and cooked up a healthy meal for dinner – sauteed bean sprouts and tofu. It tasted a lot better than it sounds – the bean sprouts were sauteed with sesame oil and garlic, and the tofu had raw ginger on the top and then I liberally doused them with soy sauce. Kuniko added some green onions on top, and it turned out great. A simple, healthy meal.
Tomorrow is Friday for me, but Kuniko is getting robbed of her weekend once again. She’s going to be stuck at work for both days getting ready for the entrance exam for her school. I’ll be here holding down the fort, and trying to stay warm.
