I should have posted this sooner, but I forgot, so here it is! Before I started teaching I had to go to this 2 day junior high school event in downtown Ogaki. I had never taken an Ogaki bus and I got off WAY too early and got very lost. I knew how to ask how to get to Suitopia center (which was where I needed to be). But I didn’t understand the directions that people give to me. So I had to rely on their hand gestures. I tried to guess what directions to go in based on how they pointed. Can you believe I did in fact find the place? I was late – but oh well – I didn’t even think I’d get there. I was so overwhelmed because we had to no idea what I was getting into. We had to work with these junior high students, judging their speeches and doing activities with them. The first day went ok. But the second day went REALLY well, mostly because I figured out how to get there by bus! I was so excited, (laugh) so proud of myself. Then that day we worked with the students to create funny skits about the Olympics. My team’s skit was sumo wrestlers do track and field! I got to know some other JETS that I hadn’t met before, and I got some great practice in for teaching at my school. Also I got to interact with these wonderful and brave students! The next post is a clip of one of the AMAZING SKITS!
Suitopia and Back Again
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