The other day we had a staff meeting where we got a big sheet (top secret) of all the kids’ allergies and other ailments so everyone knows what’s up. I was flipping through it while people were talking, because staff meetings are outrageously long and boring and though I really like hearing updates on how [...]
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a tiny fail: brought to you by heke
Posted in JET, tagged agh, fml, japanese, school on June 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
poop boy
Posted in JET, tagged japanese, my kids are awesome, school on March 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Way back at the beginning of the year I made my kids do name poems, you know like this: H – as very little nice to say, so doesn’t say much, but E – njoys looking at small cuddly animals so much that she K – eeps trash in her house cos she’s too lazy [...]
graduation
Posted in JET, tagged fun, japanese, my kids are awesome, school, this is japan on March 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Time to write about graduation. Elementary, middle, and I assume high schools are on the trimester system and the school year starts in April – which means graduation is in March. This is my second graduation at Higashi, and also my last. Last year, I was surprised how little the kids practiced before the day [...]
a nickname
Posted in JET, my life, tagged japanese, my kids are awesome on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, I had another special moment at elementary today. I got my first Japanesey nickname! For those of you who don’t know, NO, Heke was not some random Japanese name that I picked for myself and insisted that people call me. It’s not even a Japanese name (although it is the nickname of pop supastaa [...]
the benefits of doing things you don’t want to do
Posted in JET, tagged anxiety, fun, japanese, music, school, wow on October 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »
When I leave Japan I’ll probably put together a list of advices to give to incoming JETs, but one I wanted to mention now, that I think someone told me once and I ignored, was SAY YES TO EVERYTHING. People will ask you to do things you don’t want to do – do them. They [...]
halloween handshake japanese
Posted in JET, tagged japanese, my kids are awesome, teaching on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today was awesome too. I went to school and didn’t have anything to do all day so I asked if I could teach Halloween classes tomorrow, and my teacher agreed :D So I’ll be teaching four or five classes tomorrow about that, so I spent all day looking up stuff about Halloween, preparing Halloween bingo, [...]
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