Sniffle Sniffle...

Still tired from the camp thing we had this past weekend. I feel like I’m dragging my ass everywhere. I think steps are the hardest things for me at the moment. Jus trying to stay awake is a close second.

I’m at my Tuesday school and feeling a little sad. I totally forgot that this week was the last time I teach the sixth graders. Unlike other schools I have the sixth graders here are very good and semi-enthusiastic about English. The teachers all asked me to end the lesson a little earlier than usual because they made something for me. Each class made me a card, sang me a song, and wrote a little speech about how they enjoyed English. One class even took out their recorders and totally played a song for me on the spot. I’ve noticed that the Japanese school system doesn’t really mess around with the recorder. The kids were totally awesome.

I heard one of the kids whisper, “Do you think he’s going to cry?” At some points I felt like I wanted to cry but then I would just be the wussy FLT that they had. I just hoe that when they go off to junior high they take English more seriously and actually try to learn the language.

The cards that they all wrote were pretty nice too. Some just said Thank You for teaching us English on them but I could really tell that some of them put thought into the messages. I wonder how I’ll be when I actually don’t come here anymore. The Japanese new school year starts in April and as of this April Kyoto is going to implement a new education system so everyone is going to move schools. So when I leave this April I wonder if it’s the last time I’ll get to see my kids again.

Broke down emotiomally….