Sometimes I wish I didn’t love my kids quite so much. That way, today wouldn’t have hurt so much. But, I know that I really don’t mean that. I adore my students. I think they are the most wonderful group of people in existence on the planet. And that’s why today made me so sad.… [Read more…]
June 19, 2011
This weekend has seen me driving all around Shirataka, Nagai and Iide for the Nishi Okitama-gun junior high school sports competition. This is the first stage of the giant sports event that eventually culminates in national finals dotted around Japan featuring the winning teams in each sport from each region. Last year, my one schools… [Read more…]
May 20, 2011
I do apologise for the fact that a few weeks have gone by with not a whole lot appearing on this blog. The simple fact is, I’ve been busy. I actually do have a job here and it has been keeping me busy. I’ve had an impressive 3 week cold (the joys), more work, basketball… [Read more…]
October 26, 2010
I decided it was time for another blog about teaching, which I’m still loving every second of. After 2 lovely weeks of junior high school in September, I embarked on a 3 week spell of elementary. This isn’t exactly my idea of fun. I prefer nice long spells in JHS, with short week-long periods of… [Read more…]
August 8, 2010
A few weeks ago I posted a blog about the wonderful basketball team at Higashi Junior High. This weekend we had the next stage of the competition. After winning both games on Saturday, the boys had to win one more on Sunday and we would all be off to Hiroshima. Alas it was not to… [Read more…]
July 25, 2010
I want to dedicate this blog to a group of 15 talented and amazing young men who showed the true meaning of things like team spirit and perseverance this weekend. Higashi Junior High School has the best basketball team in the prefecture. Officially. I am a very very very proud teacher today. Well done boys.
July 23, 2011
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