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Be careful what you wish for...
Apr. 21st, 2008 07:49 pmFirst day back at work... and it was a pretty good day considering I did nothing. They had no classes scheduled for me. I had to go in freaking half an hour early so I could stand up for 30 seconds while they introduced me and I said "おはようございます。今年もよろしくお願いします。" And then I sat at my desk all day. I organized my stuff, wrote junk on my calendar, read through the first two chapters of all 3 textbooks to prepare... They changed the whole seating arrangement. Apparently, you have the same teachers for the whole 3 years of junior high (and probably the same in high school). So now the 2nd year teachers sit in the 3rd year teacher's area, the 1st moved to second, and the 3rd moved to 1st. There are few new faces (one new hot/young teacher). The hot math teacher isn't kitty-corner to me anymore, but the other young teacher (who I think may be engaged?) sits there. I sit beside Kaneko-sensei which I don't know if I am thrilled about. He's not much of a talker, and he's also a homeroom teacher so he doesn't eat lunch in the staff room and is hardly ever there. So I can pretty much do my thing and not have to worry about him reading over my shoulder (he probably would have trouble understanding anyway~).
However... they don't have a computer for me this year. Actually, there is no computer for the ALT. It just so happened that some teacher didn't use their last year so they gave it to the ALT. There is a communal computer which I could use, but I would have to have a reason to be on it. Grrr. Although, I don't think I've ever seen Kaneko-sensei use his. It made for a very long day today. I wanted to print off this form to get some Canadian swag sent from the embassy but couldn't. I felt like doing some research and gathering resources for the coming year... but I would feel weird being on the computer for a long time just seeming to "surf". And I can't save it on there, I'd suspect, so I'd have to get a flash drive (which isn't a bad idea anyway).
Jun told me they are starting an elective "English Conversation" class this year and wants my help. YAY! A pet project for me. In addition to going to elementary school once a week, whether or not I'm teaching, it'll give me something to look forward to and something to plan regularly. Speaking of planning, Keigo said he wanted to learn kanji when I asked what he wanted to do this week. >_< What a nerdy child! I love it. It'd actually be a good way for him to built vocab. He can speak and sound out words by himself, he just needs to build his vocab. I should bust out my kanji book and make some flashcards for him. He knows (or should!) all the grade one words and that's about 50 or something right there. I'll do that at work over the next few days. Good practice for me too.
We also have a vice-principal. I'm quite surprised because it's a lady. I think about 80% of the upper eschelons of the Japanese education ladder are occupied by men (if I remember my wikipedia research correctly). I don't even know her name! I am a bit worried about what they're going to say to me tomorrow because I just put my timesheet on her desk and left at 4 when my day was done. I think she was in a meeting with the principal and I didn't want to disturb just for a stamp. Kitajima-sensei didn't mind. He usually wasn't at his desk when I left at 4:30 so he would stamp it and leave it on my desk. I hope she doesn't mind, or the Jun explains it. The only saving grace for having to show up 30 minutes early is that they let me leave earlier.
I went grocery shopping and made some amazing Thai green curry for dinner with the paste I bought when I went to Chinatown all those months ago. I wonder if i could find it closer to home... There's supposed to be a Southeast Asian market somewhere in Ueno but I haven't gone there to search for it yet. I'm so full...
I think the 4 hours of sleep I got are taking their toll.. I'm ready to drop and its only past 8. I have all these ideas kicking around my head for fics but I don't have the energy to write. I watched my first MMA Jouka Machi episode and realized that they went to Odawara and Inuyama, both castletowns I went to in March! If only I'd realized sooner, I would have known all the オススメ spots to go. Oh well.
PS I love all the comments I got on my costume rant. I crack myself up, I've read it like 18 times and even memoried myself. It'll make it easier to find when I need a crack-filled pick me up.
However... they don't have a computer for me this year. Actually, there is no computer for the ALT. It just so happened that some teacher didn't use their last year so they gave it to the ALT. There is a communal computer which I could use, but I would have to have a reason to be on it. Grrr. Although, I don't think I've ever seen Kaneko-sensei use his. It made for a very long day today. I wanted to print off this form to get some Canadian swag sent from the embassy but couldn't. I felt like doing some research and gathering resources for the coming year... but I would feel weird being on the computer for a long time just seeming to "surf". And I can't save it on there, I'd suspect, so I'd have to get a flash drive (which isn't a bad idea anyway).
Jun told me they are starting an elective "English Conversation" class this year and wants my help. YAY! A pet project for me. In addition to going to elementary school once a week, whether or not I'm teaching, it'll give me something to look forward to and something to plan regularly. Speaking of planning, Keigo said he wanted to learn kanji when I asked what he wanted to do this week. >_< What a nerdy child! I love it. It'd actually be a good way for him to built vocab. He can speak and sound out words by himself, he just needs to build his vocab. I should bust out my kanji book and make some flashcards for him. He knows (or should!) all the grade one words and that's about 50 or something right there. I'll do that at work over the next few days. Good practice for me too.
We also have a vice-principal. I'm quite surprised because it's a lady. I think about 80% of the upper eschelons of the Japanese education ladder are occupied by men (if I remember my wikipedia research correctly). I don't even know her name! I am a bit worried about what they're going to say to me tomorrow because I just put my timesheet on her desk and left at 4 when my day was done. I think she was in a meeting with the principal and I didn't want to disturb just for a stamp. Kitajima-sensei didn't mind. He usually wasn't at his desk when I left at 4:30 so he would stamp it and leave it on my desk. I hope she doesn't mind, or the Jun explains it. The only saving grace for having to show up 30 minutes early is that they let me leave earlier.
I went grocery shopping and made some amazing Thai green curry for dinner with the paste I bought when I went to Chinatown all those months ago. I wonder if i could find it closer to home... There's supposed to be a Southeast Asian market somewhere in Ueno but I haven't gone there to search for it yet. I'm so full...
I think the 4 hours of sleep I got are taking their toll.. I'm ready to drop and its only past 8. I have all these ideas kicking around my head for fics but I don't have the energy to write. I watched my first MMA Jouka Machi episode and realized that they went to Odawara and Inuyama, both castletowns I went to in March! If only I'd realized sooner, I would have known all the オススメ spots to go. Oh well.
PS I love all the comments I got on my costume rant. I crack myself up, I've read it like 18 times and even memoried myself. It'll make it easier to find when I need a crack-filled pick me up.