Today was my last day at my present two schools. I went to each school in the morning, gave a speech in Japanese, and received flowers and speeches in return.
At the junior high school, I had students saying that my speech was 'umakatta' which means it was good, a girl told me that she felt so moved that she cried... which reassures me that they at least understood what I was saying.
Afterwards, I haunted the school corridors to take pictures. God, am I going to miss my students. They are all such great characters. I left both my schools for the last time today feeling a sense of regret and sadness, but hey, life goes on.
I'll be starting my new school in two weeks time, this time it's only a 10 minute walk away. The school's in what would be considered a tough area, nothing compared to Western standards, but it's still considered as the lower class of Japanese society. I'm kind of worried though, because unlike schools in the U.K. where we have systems in place to deal with unacceptable behaviour, Japanese schools do not...
2 comments:
Just a thought, but the lower eschelons are usually more faithful than the 'Posh' and if you click you should have a very good supportive backup and enjoy your new position and suffer less heartache? It is a long time since I was in the army where I rubbed shoulders with some wierd characters who would steal anything and everything, but if they were your friend, they would look after you and give strong support ALWAYS. Trust the Water is not too bad when you first dip your toe, once they get used to you I feel sure everything will be OK and you will be grateful for this move. XXX
As always, thank you for your supportive comments Ron! I hope so too! Letter with pics on the plane going your way right now ;)
Post a Comment