I finally made it. After a pretty solid four months of working like a virtual slave, I have two weeks off. Michel went home last Sunday, so unfortunately I will spend most of my time off alone I think. Most of my friends have gone home for the summer, for good or are off […]

Ok so, you all know I moved to a new prefecture. So long Yamanashi, hello Kanagawa. Kanagawa is home to Yokohama and… well alot of rain apparently. I feel like its been raining constantly since I got here.

Anyway, the move went well. Michel and I rented a van and took all of our stuff […]

I am sitting here at Middle School with my desk cleared out and my ability to socialize turned off, wishing I could just go. The big move is tomorrow and I somehow feel all this bullshit I have to do at the end here is pointless. What do I care, in the end, if these […]

Lately my students have become really familier with me, and are really opening up to me. Its great. Yesterday Mai came in the teacher’s room and hugged me as I was leaving. It maybe doesn’t sound like much, but I think the teachers were like “woah!” I mean, its not really a hugging society I […]

Lots of randomness lately, but I can’t help it. My kids are being hilarious. Today in 8th grade we were teaching the grammer “I blah blah blah to blah blah blah,” like for example “I went to the library to study english.” As part of the lesson FF decided to play the song I Just […]

Just a quick post today, as I am very busy. One of my 9th grade students said this to me today, “You make me happy.” Thats awesome!! Sometimes these students really make life worth it!

I dont understand why this country uses tests at all. There is no such thing as a failing grade. You can get straight 18s and still pass onto the next grade. Yesterday was a big test day here at the middle school and all the kids were nervous about it and the teachers did a […]

Yesterday I had a very strange day at middle school. Tuesdays are my hard days, I have 5 classes in a row and three of them are with the “bad” 9th graders. First 9th grade class went alright. Once again only the same 5 people participated, and once again the girls were being pretty disruptive, […]

I have been insanely busy lately and I keep meaning to write in here, then forgetting. So here is a general update on the past couple weeks.

I expected things to kind of calm down after Sports Day weekend, and in some ways they did. But the end of the School Festival also meant the […]

Hao! I had to work today, a Sunday, but no matter because it was fun. The middle school had their annual sports day. All the kids played these various games against eachother all day, it was hilarious most of the time and I joined in a few things like the Tug-o-War. I will just go […]