Cloudy and cool, no rain though.
Today wasn't the usual Saturday morning at home. It was interesting! Fumihiko had to go back to hospital today to have a check up. So, after I showered this morning, we went out for breakfast at Cocos. He brought me back home and then went off on his way. Then, I watched Criminal Minds before biking off to my school.
I had a good day at the school. I had 3 classes. The first one went well as always. The student is very motivated and a joy to teach. I had a long gap in the middle so I did some lesson planning and then went out to grab a sandwich. When I came back to the school I read the newspaper and ate my food.
My third class went well, but my second class was only okay. The student in that one seems to "fight" me a lot. I don't mean that we argue or anything, it's just that we don't connect on a meaningful level. For example, today I told her that we'd talk about the past continuous. She asked me if it was possible to say "present continuous". Of course, I said it was, but today we were studying the past continuous NOT the present continuous. She teaches grammar herself, so these terms are not completely unknown to her. I didn't really understand what her point was. Anyway, we got through it. She's a nice enough person, but I'm still having problems understanding her.
After my classes, I finished up my paperwork, did the dishes and called Fumihiko. He'd sent me a message that he was back home. Wow. I hope he didn't speed all the way home!
He picked me up and we spent a bit of time at home before going out to dinner. For dinner we went to Grado. I had the meat special which was interesting, and Fumihiko had a doria in a bamboo root. Also interesting. It wasn't what I thought it would be.
We came home and Fumihiko watched a bit of Japanese TV before I took over the TV at 12 to watch Private Practice and then Heroes. Fumihiko went to bed ages ago.
Tomorrow we'll probably see Angels and Demons and apart from that, I have no idea. Wish me luck eh? Night night.
2 comments:
You know, I have noticed that Japanese people who are also teachers themselves often seem to do that. It is like they are so used to leading the class/discussion that they have trouble letting go of some of that authority and want to redirct the lesson. It is extremely annoying.
Thanks for the comment Sherry. I've had other teachers as students and it does sometimes happen, I'd forgotten about that.
It's odd, we're the same age (although I don't think she knows that!) but I just can't feel comfortable in our classes together. She's a little too solicitous as well, but in that Japanese way where you know she's just saying nice things and not really meaning them.
Thanks for the comment. Food for thought. :-)
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