The rain has swept in and started saturating Futami and Takasago. I don’t really mind the weather – especially since it showed up after I walked home today. With the cooler temperatures I’ve been putting on more and more layers – it reminds me of that scene from the action movie where the main character is strapping on more and more equipment. It’s really not that cold yet. <\/p>\n
Today during my third year lesson, I was dictating sentences to students, and I tripped up on the Japanese word “okonomiyaki”. The whole class kind of giggled, and then I started laughing, and it was tough to stop. One of the students got the giggles, too, so we both had to kind of settle down for a while. <\/p>\n
Usually when I walk into one of my classes, it’s pandemonium. Kids are running around everywhere. The boys will be horsing around – throwing things, wrestling, juggling, whatever. The girls are in groups, laughing and talking. It’s anything but quiet. <\/p>\n
This week we’ve combined my 20 student classes, so there are 40 students in each class. Twice the chaos, twice the fun. <\/p>\n
Since we combined them, there are actually three teachers doing each class. When Miss Kageyama and I showed up for today’s lesson, there was a big difference in the student’s behavior. Miss Yamamoto had everyone sitting in assigned seats. She was writing down student numbers into a grid, and you could tell they had just gotten yelled at. Miss Kageyama and I exchanged a look and tried to keep things lighthearted the rest of the class. Miss Yamamoto is known for her strict classes, and I think 40 students was a little overwhelming at first.<\/p>\n
Tonight I tried my hand at cooking gyuudon – beef strips with rice. There is an advanced part of the recipe where you carmelize onions and combine then with the beef over the rice. Somehow it didn’t work out. I was e-mailing Miss Kageyama trying to figure it out, and she finally just called me and we talked through it. I think I know what I need to do next time. She offered to show me how to cook it, so hopefully I can arrange something so that I can see this firsthand. Gyuudon is cheap, quick, and delicious – if I can master that I should be ready to move on the more advanced dishes.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow is another big day – the next two weeks should be extremely busy at work. I’m off to get in my warm bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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