December 2010
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My first Christmas away from home.
Christmas came and went so quickly! I can hardly believe that in a few days it will be 2011 and I will have been in Japan for over 8 months! So how was my first Christmas without my family? Pretty fun…not the same, but still enjoyable!
Friday, Christmas Eve Day, I went to one of my elementary schools. Although I had no classes since it was the last day of term, I was very busy in the...
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Emily likes speaking English.
Lately I’ve been making my second graders fill out a worksheet with sentences like “I stopped watching TV” or “Chiaka likes eating sashimi.” One group of boys waved me over right after we began.
Shin-chan: I don’t understand what to do”*
Me: It’s super easy! Look at the example: I stopped watching TV. Or Emily doesn’t like natto. Anything...
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I guess on top of rice they do look pretty...
Right now my 6th graders are learning, “I want to go to ~!” I started off their lessons by teaching them country names and flags. I have no idea why they are so good at recognizing flags. Why do they they ALL know the Ghana flag? I mean, I get that it’s the name of a chocolate, but I’ve NEVER seen the Ghana flag on a package of chocolate…
Anyway, since they got through the countries, I seized...