Today I wore a sweater. It was a good call. So long are the days of wearing shorts and a sleeveless shirt to bed. I definitely need to wear socks to sleep now. It isn’t super cold. It’s like LA-November weather—the brisk wind. Good sweatshirt weather.
School is going well. I’m at the local junior high school. I totally botched my self-introduction to the teachers on my first day. No one told me it was going to be in Japanese. It wasn’t botched language-wise; it just sounded like a whole bunch of random facts about myself. At least I was somewhat prepared to give my self-introduction in front of the entire school body in Japanese and English. This is the largest school I will be working at with about 150 students. I am having a blast. I’ve been eating lunch everyday with the 1st grade class and today I got invited to come to their basketball practice after I get off work.
School lunches aren’t as bad as everyone said they were. They’re definitely better than American school lunches. Today I had chicken katsu (fried chicken cutlet) with rice and veggies and soup. Yesterday we had meat sauce spaghetti with bread and clam chowder (questionable) and fruit. It’s not bad for like $3. It’s definitely better than what I’ve been making myself at home for lunch everyday—Top Ramen.
Most of my classes are around 12 students. It’s a good size to have. I had the opportunity to have two classes with a special education student. It was such a good experience. I learned he liked cars, so we spent our two classes learning the colors of different cars. I stayed up late to draw a bunch of different cars that he told me he liked. I let him keep them once we were done with class. I didn't get work with him today, but when I walked by his classroom, he smiled and waved at me. I think he just needed a little love.
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