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Graduation Ceremony from vicstravels 989 days old

Today was the day for all the Japanese High School's Graduation Ceremonies. We all sat in the freezing cold gym while speeches went on for a good hour ...

Difference between boys and girls from vicstravels 1009 days old

It's funny how different boys and girls are. My students are writing Pen Pal letters to my friend Ruth's class in New Zealand. The girls wrote heaps, ...

Yawata English Festival from vicstravels 1012 days old

[ ... ] at high school, they can be so jaded! My High School Drama club and English club combined to do an English version of 'My Neighbour Totoro' ...

Am I Annoying You? from vicstravels 1016 days old

I'm scrunching up white A4 sheets of paper and rolling them into 'rice balls', and then the sticky-tape dispenser screeches 3 times as I tape the paper ...

Grumpy whinge from vicstravels 1037 days old

Gosh, since I've been back in Japan, I've been really busy doing things I don't want to do! Not really lessons, but 'after school activities'. I'm so ...

Today at school... from vicstravels 1069 days old

I have an (old) student who is manic-depressive (apparently), her English is really good, and occasionally, she comes back to school to visit me and ...

Exerpt from my student's writing exercise... from vicstravels 1072 days old

My 3rd year students are writing their memories of their past 3 years at high school. This is what one of my boys wrote about this year I thought it ...

TGIF from vicstravels 1100 days old

Thank god it's Friday. Man, this week has dragged out so long and slowly! Feels like such a strain to get to Friday afternoon!! Now I've finished my ...

Much Better Today from vicstravels 1109 days old

Back at school today, woke up feeling much better! Must have been all that restorative sleep I had yesterday, and Michael cooked me a yummy Chinese-style ...

Knitting the Japanese way from vicstravels 1114 days old

[ ... ] high school students?! Well, finished my classes for today. And it's a friday! Think I'll sneak off to the LL Room (Language Learning Room - ...