dewdz...not a whole hell of a lot of action this week...walking around in the few plowed areas around campus where i won't get run over by a truck, hanging out in the library or dorm lobby or cafeteria...went to daisen city on thursday with two other students, in a car driven by the principal of an elementary school out there, to take part in a weekly english teaching program. we sang a counting song with the kids, who were around 9 or 10 years old, then introduced ourselves and said something about new year's celebrations in our countries. after that, we broke into teams, one gaijin per team, and the kids would ask us questions in english, getting one point for every answer they could explain in english, like "he is peter, and he likes green". our team name was "rainbow sexy monkey", which i thought should have recieved some bonus points, but we came in last place. the whole thing was kind of a display of the program, so teachers from all over akita prefecture were there watching, and then they had a meeting afterward, during which we had to find ways to entertain ourselves. we walked around the school a little, into the gym where all the kids were playing dodgeball, asked if we could join, then had an intense boys v girls game which was a nail biter, but i think the dudes won. went back to some boardroom to wait for the meeting to finish while cup after cup of green tea was brought out to us. finally 2 and a half hors later the meeting ended, and we drove home through a crazy ass blizzard, stopping on the way for some pretty good ramen.
as soon as we got back, i ran to the library and did a massive pile of japanese homework and studied for the next days test. i was in that damn library for four hours, and the test still confused the hell outta me. maybe i did ok, though.
the english teachers at the school were two guys who came there through the JET program, i think it stands for japan english teaching or some such variant thereof. turns out i'm still elligible to apply for it after i graduate, whenever the hell that might be, as long as its within the next 4 1/2 years. sounds like something to shoot for, which i didn't really have up till now. a chance to come back to japan in a few years, and also work with kids. now i just have to find a decent japan studies program somewhere...
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