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Class Farewell
02.13.09 | Permalink | 2 CommentsMy homeroom had a class farewell for me on the day before I left Japan. It was on Saturday, after their half day of school.
I went in to see the board all decorated with my name etc, and food everywhere.
I went in mufti because my uniform was at dry-cleaning. After a few short introductions from [...] -
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Last Day of School in Japan
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 [...] -
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Last Full Day of School
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 [...] -
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Teacher’s Speech
01.27.09 | Permalink | 2 CommentsToday 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 [...]
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Farewell Speech
01.23.09 | Permalink | 3 CommentsGiven 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 [...] -
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Farewell Sannensei
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 [...] -
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Blood Bath
I was riding my bike today through a pool of blood when I realized what an unusual circumstance I was in. My immediate instinct was to lift my feet as to avoid getting blood splattered all over them.
I’m not kidding, a student had been run over today on my way to school, and I did [...] -
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Not for the Faint Hearted
The marathon that I’ve been going on about for so long finally arrived yesterday. It was an hour or so bike ride each way, seeing that it wasn’t held at school (rather a stadium). I got there no problem, and it seemed like it was going to be a fun day.
Everyone was running around in [...]
