So tomorrow’s the day! I take a 7:51 bus to the station, get on a local train and ride it to Nagoya (only 40 mins slower than the shink). Then, I jump on the Nozomi. How space age is that thing?! Get off at Hakata/Fukuoka and begin a week of wandering proper again.
Contact will be sketch, but you could always send word to my cell/mobile/keitai:
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This week was incredibly stressful during the day, but when it’s over, feel ok. Some classes are really difficult this year - pushing and pushing the students to do simple things.
A strange diversion from the information ladder this week. The set up: usually, I get information about upcoming events/meetings/seminars/camps from my supervisor. This was not the case on Tuesday, and it alarmed me a bit. I was talking with Yoshioka-sensei (math guy, kendo god, from Kyushu, playing tour planner) about my Golden Week trip, when the new vice principal interrupted us. He wanted me to go talk with the (new) principal about the new JET training orientation. Weird and unusual, not the normal protocol, a sign of big important things.
Went down to talk with the principal, and had a great time. I think he just wanted to meet me - we only talked about the orientation for 2 or 3 minutes, and he didn’t even have complete imformation! Instead, we talked about where I was from in America (a common theme this week - I should really learn the Japanese word for mesa instead of using a dictionary every time, but how common a word is that? in a place that looks like NZ?). We chatted for about 15 minutes! And by the end, we made a deal to have a party some time. I think he’ll be a great principal.