Due to some strange scheduling anomalies, I had only one class today. I just got back from teaching it, and now I’m killing time on the internet computer and waiting for the end of my day. <\/p>\n
The class went really well – much better than I expected. The students were full of energy, and they volunteered to answer questions, which is very rare. It was my last lesson on money, and so I attacked it with a lot of energy, and that seemed to energize the students. It was a big contrast from my last few ‘money’ classes. <\/p>\n
One of the things the students do is buy imaginary items from a list that I created. The list is full of strange things – a heavy metal CD (Motley Crue’s ‘Shout At The Devil’), garlic milkshake, false teeth. Just strange stuff. The kids giggle when they figure out what the item is, and I included some pictures. One of the items was shrimp ice cream, and I had two girls believing that it is the new flavor at 31 flavors. At first they didn’t believe, but I kept insisting that I bought one in Himeji, so I think they might go out and order one this weekend. I wish I could be there when they try to order it.<\/p>\n
I’m going to go buy some sodas to do a taste test later today. The history teacher insisted that he could tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi, so I’m going to try to find a small bottle of each and do a blind taste test. Pepsi has a tiny market share in Japan, so it might be hard to dig some up.<\/p>\n
Instead of teaching my adult class during sixth period, I’ve been tapped to judge a tug-of-war contest. The first year students are going to battle it out for high stakes. The winning team gets a cream puff for each of it’s members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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