Today I had another class with the crazy girls. They are the ones that are the most out of control. You might remember this class as the one that the mother visited and straightened out. I wasn’t sure how much work I’d have trying to keep them in line today, so I braced for the worst. As it turns out, they saw the sign on the board saying that anyone speaking too much Japanese would be deprived of their post-class snack. And that was enough.<\/p>\n
I was surprised that the sign was so effective. They took it literally, and tried not to speak any Japanese at all. If someone let a word or two of Japanese slip out everyone else would look at me quickly to see what my reaction was. The class went better than I could have hoped, and I think we actually learned something today. <\/p>\n
I met up with two ex-coworkers for dinner and drinks after work on Friday. In Akashi I met Yamamoto sensei and Maeda sensei from Takasago Minami high school. At an izakaya we exchanged stories about work and I got to hear all about the people I used to work with, and also about my successor Brenda. After dinner we went over to Donkey and had a Guinness while throwing some darts. It was the first time playing darts for them, and I think that Maeda sensei might be hooked. Yamamoto sensei had a tough time getting the darts to stick, but he still enjoyed it.<\/p>\n
Not sure what the plan is this weekend. This is a chance that we’ll go to Kyoto this Sunday, but I won’t know until Saturday night whether or not we’re going.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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