First day at my new school

I usually set two different times on my alarm clock...sometimes three...because I can't really get up for the first one, but I was so nervous and excited I could barely sleep, so when my phone started vibrating, my eyes popped open, and I was alert as a hunting wolf. Dressed up nicely and put on a ton of foundation, just in case... and was ready to gooooo!

We had a great weather on Friday. Warm and sunny, real spring weather. My employers told me my school is located in a pretty nice neighborhood, and they were right. From the station I had to follow a small river with cherry trees on the river bank all the way to the school. The weather has been pretty cold until now, so the blossoms were not out yet, maybe next week or so. Still, it was great.

There were a lot of carp like fish in the shallow water, and I found some interesting additional instructions on how to dance. It's so random. There's a a lady wearing in kimono carved in some huge stone and also some footsteps with numbers, so you can actually try the dance. Here's the pic.

My Dad could make a great fish soup.....

Shall we dance?

The school is really nice, and the students (only a few who were there to practice with their club in spring break) were very friendly (^-^). They already tried to talk to me when the vice principal took me around. At first I was a bit nervous when I got into the English teachers' staff room, because the average age of the teachers is probably around 50. But later 3 young teachers also came, and the elderly turned out to be good company too. So far, I think it's gonna be a great place to work, but I can't really judge until I haven't team taught with those teachers. 

I saw the picture of the former native teacher, who worked there for 5 years. He looks like a member of the Russian mob, but the head English teacher told me he is really kind. And he is! He offered to come to school to tell me a little bit about how things are dealt with here, and what kind of classes he taught and stuff. I was so happy to hear it, because this is the first time  I am sent to a school where the level of English education is actually high. I will do my best...

One thing I was really happy about is that they said I might have the chance to teach some literature in the English class, yaaaay! (^O^)/

So, Monday I'm meeting with "Boris" (that's the name I gave to the former teacher) and he'll enlighten me about the system. 

Oh, and here...some pictures of a Japanese lunch box! Except that mine doesn't contain any seafood. But it's so cute....and it was delicious!  

Rice, meat and veggie

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