Today, through some strange quirk in the schedule, was the toughest one yet for me. I had only four classes to teach, but each one was with a different teacher and all of the ability levels were different. One lesson that I taught in the morning had run out of time before I could finish, and the same lesson in the afternoon finished with almost ten minutes left. The planning of the lessons is difficult – there are so many factors that vary with each class.<\/p>\n
Other than the classes, the day went great. I caught a free lunch from the home economics class. It was a rice dish with egg and chicken over the top. They call it “Oyako”, translated as parent (oya) and child (ko). It was really good, although it could of used a big hit of hot sauce. I didn’t tell the home economics class, though. <\/p>\n
After school, Mr. Hayashi had offered to take me to the post office and attempt international shipping. All of the sudden he got called into a meeting, so he roped Miss Kageyama into taking me instead. Miss Kageyama did a great job, and we were easily able to figure everything out. The only thing I’m worried about is US Customs – I understand it’s pretty tough to get stuff into the States.<\/p>\n
When we got back to the school, everyone was still tied up in a staff meeting. We decided to bail out while everyone was gone, and so Miss Kageyama drove me all the way home. We practiced speaking English, and had a good time on the ride back. <\/p>\n
When I got home, another part time teacher had left some goodies on my doorstep. A while back she had let Andrew (my predecessor) borrow a scale to weigh his luggage. She had forgotten about it, and had asked me to put it out on my doorstep a few days ago. I totally forgot, and so after many apologies, today I got it right. I had left a small “I’m sorry” gift for her, but she out-gifted me! Two giant Japanese pears, a basket full of monster Concord grapes, and some sweets. <\/p>\n
I’m defrosting some tortillas right now for my big Mexican dinner – yum!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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