I was the English lesson

Today I went to Tristan's school. I did my self introduction (all the kids are taught to do this). My name, where I'm from, and what I like. I took the iPad with pictures of my cats & kids. I fill in a few details trying to keep it pretty basic but then the kids get to ask me questions. The hardest question this time around was how many times have I been to Disneyland...I have no idea so improvised with around 20. Got asked how old I was...old enough. Triss told them you can't ask a woman her age :) Anyway it was quite fun. I was in a 3rd year class, a 2nd year class (with his supervisor who is a sweetheart and very good at teaching and including me--she was Triss' supervisor at his old school the previous 2 yrs), and then Tristan's 3rd year elective class where he is the sole teacher. We ate lunch with one class of kids.

Everything is much more structured in Japan than in the States. Kids serve the lunch for their classroom. Everyone waits until everyone is served and ready before starting, you wait for most to be done before permission is given to clear your place, one young man took my tray to clear it for me, and then the kids do the clean up including mopping the hallways on their hands and knees using clothes. Many hands make the work go quickly. Schools don't have janitors...the kids and teachers do the cleaning. It's just the way it is.

The walk to the bus and then from the bus home was in pouring rain, and even though I bought an umbrella the wind and sheer amount of water soon soaked our shoes and legs. I believe the vice principal said it was from a monsoon in India.

We were going to go out and about this afternoon but it is just too miserable so we are staying in to dry out and Midori is coming over for dinner later (tomato soup and cheese toast). One more day to try and get everything done. How sad.