I had to get out of there. Graduation practice is so boring. Practice walking in, practice clapping while the graduates walk in, practice sitting down, practice standing up, practice bowing… Everything has to be so meticulously choreographed. “When I take the first step up to the podium, everyone stands up. Now lets practice that a couple times…. Ok, when I sit down, everyone sits down. Now lets practice that a couple times… Ok, when I bow everyone bows… When I put this paper over here, everyone sits down. Now lets practice that a couple times…” I was ready to go crazy.
They even practiced getting their diplomas – step up, bow, principal reads what’s on the diploma, student receives the diploma (left hand, then right hand), bows and exits, all set to music – for all the graduates. Why bother having a graduation ceremony? We just did the whole thing.
Update: The teachers just came into the teachers’ room to have a meeting about how graduation practice is going. I assume the students are still in the gym, practicing. They discussed what needed to be worked on, and then left to go do more practice. How much longer is this thing going on? Isn’t it time for lunch yet?
ps - Wow. Today was the first day we haven’t had milk for lunch. Instead, we had liquid strawberry yoghurt to drink. Chigaimasu – chotto hen desu ne.
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weird. Wait, so the 8th graders will be gone now? Will you miss any of them? I'm so interested in your life as a teacher. It seems so different from mine. Are you friends with any of the students or the teachers?
I have become really close with my Cooperating teacher. And by this I mean I'm obsessed with her.
The 9th graders left. And yeah, I was friendly with some of them. I gave them my email address and I've gotten emails from some of them. Actually, its kind of funny, one of them just dropped by my apartment a minute ago to chat.
I'm sure my teaching experience is much different than yours. In that, you're probably actually teaching.
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