It has finally come and gone. I’m glad it is over in some ways, because the whole farewell thing in Japan has been pretty dragged out (as it is when you leave a country).
I went in to school at 11.55am, as they had tests beforehand. My timing was perfect as always, allowing for 3 minutes [...]
Today was the last time that all of the AFS students from Miyazaki got together. I biked into the city to meet Andrea at about 10am, and we then caught the bus to Aeon (the mall). We picked up some bits and bobs (mainly bits) and then went back to the station to meet Mitchell at [...]
As you would have guessed from the title, I had my last full day of school. I thought I’d just put in some photos of school in Japan because there hasn’t really been any up until now.
It was my last Japanese English world history, and mathematics class today, so I took photos with the teachers [...]
Today marks the 3rd to last day of school in Japan for me. I had to give the speech to the teachers today, which I think went much better than the student’s speech. It only had to be 2 minutes, so I memorized it which made me a lot less nervous. Once again, after the [...]
Given two days warning, I was told that I had to give a speech at the school assembly in the gym this Thursday.
I took advantage of the time that I have in Maths and Japanese class to write it, as it had to be from five minutes to ten minutes. I normally don’t get really [...]
We had our last AFS meeting on Saturday, speeches and all. I couldn’t really be bothered getting my act together in time to write a speech, so I scribbled down a few ideas in the car.
I ended up reading my speech, partly because I didn’t want to forget anything, and partly because I didn’t want [...]
In Japan, entrance to university is harder than the work that you do once you get there. All across the nation, students in Japan are preparing for their university entrance examinations, and today they went off to their first practice.
The whole school filed along the pavement as the ten buses of 3rd year students drove [...]