Back to Teaching

Today has been another day! I had my usual Japanese lesson in the morning, though it was not so bad and seemed to go past quite quickly, possibly because we moved on to a new chapter. We are now learning the passive voice: “I was bitten on the hand by a dog” (passive) as opposed to “A dog bit me on the hand” (active). All great fun, but yet another thing to have to think about when trying to speak. Oh well, it is not as if I ever have any great conversations where I get to use all my amazing grammar that I know. I shall have to start writing a book, or something!

I was back to my curry rice at lunchtime, and then I came home on the bus. I translated more of my game, before the batteries ran out! By then, it was time for me to go to teach for Noriko. I only had three classes today: the kids in the last class graduated from their elementary school, and so are now learning English as past of their normal scholarly lives. I still see Shohei at aikido though. I was never fond of teaching that last class anyway – they did not respond to anything. The first class now has four kids in it: Haruka, Ryuki, and now also Ryota and Shunpei have started. Ryota has been learning English since kindergarten, and is quite lively and good. Shunpei is a lot more shy and is starting from scratch. Haruka is still very good and also a very cute five years old, and Ryuki is still a pain in the arse, who never pays attention. The second class was quite fun, and I finished with my favourite class at the end. It was a nice surprise to be coming home an hour early, as it meant I could do more of nothing at home! I was also in time for the official end of dinner, though it normally goes on for an hour and a half afterwards.