Wandering day 3
Another "feeling good" post...
Ok so here I am in day three. What do you say? Can it be that Chirs has finally found work?
Well today was an early start since I needed to bike from my house to my other school which is about 5-6 kilometers away. I'm guessing in American terms would be biking from my house to Pali Longs or so. So the day started at the butt crack of dawn (7:00) I got up to find that Krystal had already left. Her school is even further than my school and needed to cath several modes of public transportation.
It was a nice cool and crisp morning, especially if you need to bike hella far. (Sorry made a new friend from Sacramento and she always says hella) Anyway It reminded me of the weather in California in the morning where the temperature was cool until the sun gets high in the sky. So I started my bike ride which was decent, nice, smooth downhills and very few traffic lights. ( Or at least obeyed traffic lights).
I got to school around 8;15, which is a decent time for all Japanese workers. So anyway I get to the school and it reminds me of an old school where things are kinda dirty (not trash but dusty) equipment isn't state-of-the-art, and there are old boxes everywhere. So I was a bit discouraged to step in. But I guess this is where the term "looks can be decieving". The staff was very happy and bright. The VP and P were very eager to meet me and I was the star of the morning.
I started the day but being flexible and teaching my class one period early. First impression of the first class: anxious. Everyone in the class was eagerly waiting for my arrival. Their homeroom teacher is the teacher in charge of my well-being here in Japan so she had given them very easy English lessons and name tags which were awesome. I started my intro and it was perfectly done... everyone was listening.
Second class- First impression: Lively... thats the good word. I guess the bad word would be fricken out of control. The teacher is a guy that I guess is used to being there just as a head adult figure. The kids were totally not listening and totally doing their own thing. And it was elementary... I though they were good until they got to Middle school. Anyway they weren't listening nor were they participating in my questioning. This is when I brought out the big guns and said we're gonna play a game. Its called heads up, 7 up. You all know this game right? Anyway they first game that they did was ok but after that anarchy!! No one was following the rules and basically that class sucked!! Nuf' said
Third class: First impression: the more perfect class. Everyone was into what I had to say. They had the right reactions to the things I said and I would say that was the most fun I've had in a classroom in Japan. And when we started the heads up seven up game they were totally into it and no one broke the rules. It was the way the game was meant to be played. And so now I have a free period, I felt that I needed to write my day so far. One more class to go , I hope they're more like third class than second and I guess I would take first class again. Can I survive... I hope so....
Break it DOWN!!
Ok so here I am in day three. What do you say? Can it be that Chirs has finally found work?
Well today was an early start since I needed to bike from my house to my other school which is about 5-6 kilometers away. I'm guessing in American terms would be biking from my house to Pali Longs or so. So the day started at the butt crack of dawn (7:00) I got up to find that Krystal had already left. Her school is even further than my school and needed to cath several modes of public transportation.
It was a nice cool and crisp morning, especially if you need to bike hella far. (Sorry made a new friend from Sacramento and she always says hella) Anyway It reminded me of the weather in California in the morning where the temperature was cool until the sun gets high in the sky. So I started my bike ride which was decent, nice, smooth downhills and very few traffic lights. ( Or at least obeyed traffic lights).
I got to school around 8;15, which is a decent time for all Japanese workers. So anyway I get to the school and it reminds me of an old school where things are kinda dirty (not trash but dusty) equipment isn't state-of-the-art, and there are old boxes everywhere. So I was a bit discouraged to step in. But I guess this is where the term "looks can be decieving". The staff was very happy and bright. The VP and P were very eager to meet me and I was the star of the morning.
I started the day but being flexible and teaching my class one period early. First impression of the first class: anxious. Everyone in the class was eagerly waiting for my arrival. Their homeroom teacher is the teacher in charge of my well-being here in Japan so she had given them very easy English lessons and name tags which were awesome. I started my intro and it was perfectly done... everyone was listening.
Second class- First impression: Lively... thats the good word. I guess the bad word would be fricken out of control. The teacher is a guy that I guess is used to being there just as a head adult figure. The kids were totally not listening and totally doing their own thing. And it was elementary... I though they were good until they got to Middle school. Anyway they weren't listening nor were they participating in my questioning. This is when I brought out the big guns and said we're gonna play a game. Its called heads up, 7 up. You all know this game right? Anyway they first game that they did was ok but after that anarchy!! No one was following the rules and basically that class sucked!! Nuf' said
Third class: First impression: the more perfect class. Everyone was into what I had to say. They had the right reactions to the things I said and I would say that was the most fun I've had in a classroom in Japan. And when we started the heads up seven up game they were totally into it and no one broke the rules. It was the way the game was meant to be played. And so now I have a free period, I felt that I needed to write my day so far. One more class to go , I hope they're more like third class than second and I guess I would take first class again. Can I survive... I hope so....
Break it DOWN!!
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