I was itching all night last night, so I got fed up and found a doctor in the neighborhood to go visit. I’m not a big fan of Japanese medicine, but enough was enough and I wanted anything that would get me a full night’s sleep. <\/p>\n
As usual the doctor took the approach of listening to what I complained about, and then he asked me some questions until he found something that might be the cause. Then he prescribed a bunch of medicine and sent me on my way. One cool thing about doctors in Japan is that most of them speak pretty good English. Apparently the medical system has a lot of English integrated in it. I chatted a little with him in English, and then went across the street to buy medicine at a pharmacy.<\/p>\n
They warned me that one of the pills might make me sleepy, and it did – right away. I had trouble getting through the day of classes without falling asleep. The good news was the itchiness stopped, and I’m feeling much better.<\/p>\n
My young students today were leaning more and more towards open rebellion. At first they were doing what I wanted them to, but they are pushing more and more to try to see what they can get away with. I think now the only thing I can do is become super-strict teacher. Next week I’ll lay out some rules with some consequences (no snacks if you don’t participate). No more Mr. Nice Guy for these kids.<\/p>\n
Kuniko got home super late because of some bullying problems at her school that she had to address. He had a late dinner of udon noodles, and then I went right to bed. I blame the weird drugs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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