The Washibe Worldwide Breakfast Show<br> Comment, ramblings, and musings... life through the eyes of a Japanologist.(Untitled)- April 22, 2003 What I did todayToday, I... Taught three lessons in Miyanohara Elementary School; Got a haircut (I'm sure it's not straight at the back!); Got home to find the takkyubin man waiting with a parcel for me... and realised that I didn't have any money to pay the customs charges;http://radio.weblogs.com/0104974/2003/04/22.html#a2748 (Untitled)- April 22, 2003 My lessons in Miyanohara didn't go badly today. With the firsts and seconds, I played 'Cat, cat, dog', and then started to introduce some words for 'Simon Says'. The first years did quite well, even though it was their first lesson with me, although two or three of them seemed still to be under the impression that they didn't have to bother to listen, that everything would be explained to them individually.I had lunch with the third years, and then after lunch took the thirds and fourths. We..http://radio.weblogs.com/0104974/2003/04/22.html#a2747 (Untitled)- April 21, 2003 What I did todayToday, I... Taught two lessons in Ozu Elementary School; Taught two lessons in Tsukumo Elementary School; Chaired the (remarkably trouble-free!) AGM of the International Club; Went with some of the members for a drink in Hibiki, until 11.30.http://radio.weblogs.com/0104974/2003/04/21.html#a2746 (Untitled)- April 21, 2003 My first visit of the term to Ozu Elementary School went fine. I took the firsts, thirds and fourths for the first lesson, and we looked at greetings, days of the week, and saying your name. The first years coped well, I thought; I'm not so sure about the fourths, though. In particular, the two girls in the fourth year (and when there are only three children in the year, two of them is a significant proportion!) seem entirely disinterested.With the fifth and sixth years, I did my lesson about.http://radio.weblogs.com/0104974/2003/04/21.html#a2745 (Untitled)- April 21, 2003 After lunch (if fifteen minutes back at the office can be called lunch), I went to Tsukumo Elementary School. With the first and second years, we did simple greetings; most of the children did well. Some of them, though, especially the first years, hadn't quite settled down. I was particularly irritiated by two girls who decided that swapping stickers was more interesting than paying attention to my lesson (it was, quite possibly, but that's beside the point); I ended up confiscating the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0104974/2003/04/21.html#a2744 |