Exams have begun, and our first and second year students were sweating away for half the day over a variety of tough subjects. My exams don’t start until the last day, so I’ll be struggling to mark them before the deadline. <\/p>\n
I had nothing to do today – just lots of free time to study and read, and chat with some of the other teachers. I got a copy of the yearbook of the graduating class, just like last year. This time there were no sneaky teachers to hook me up with free copies, so I had to pay for it. Still, it was worth it to have a yearbook of my first students.<\/p>\n
I was out of work at around one o’clock, and back home I did some chores, read a little bit of my mystery novel, and made a spectacular roast beef sandwich for lunch. Now it’s early evening and I’m planning some pasta for dinner when Kuniko gets back. <\/p>\n
Tomorrow I’m going to have lunch with some of the neighbors of the school – a bunch of older ladies who are eager to study English. I’ve dined with them before. They pick up my tab, and I chat with them for an hour or so. It’s a good deal for them – I usually get 3000 yen an hour, they get me for the cost of a lunch plate. They are interesting to talk to – at first they use English, but by the end they are almost all speaking just Japanese. They need to spend time chatting with someone that can only speak English – that’s the best way for them to learn. <\/p>\n
Well, back to the kitchen…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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