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Category Archives: Education
Robot Chicken does Star Wars
It’s coming out in June. Check out the preview here.
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Words About Teaching
During my two years serving as the ALT for Ubuyama-mura, I have written some essays on teaching and compiled other resources. I took an extra interest in learning more about educational theory and how it could be applied to our … Continue reading
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Last Lesson Finished
It is 9:30 and I just finished teaching in Ubuyama for the last time. All of my classes are done, and although I still have until the 26th of this month on my contract, my real work here is finished. … Continue reading
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Ch-Check It Out
It’s really sad walking into class these days, as many of them are “the last lesson” for that particular group of kids. Most of them haven’t been told that I am leaving, and so when I break the news they … Continue reading
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Classroom Punishment
What ever happened to time out or setting up conferences with the parents of a kid who is having problems in school? In Japan, you hear many stories of how screwed up the educational system is, and how the pressure … Continue reading
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Violent Crime in Japan
Is there a higher rate of violent crime and crime in general in the United States than there is in Japan? Yes, I think that’s a safe thing to say. Japan is the model most often used by advocates of … Continue reading
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Sannensei Text Bubbles
Today the chugakko third graders were given a picture of two OLs(office ladies) sitting together on a bench, eating lunch together and having a conversation. They were given 20 minutes to write dialogue and I was proud of what they … Continue reading
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Tips On Passing The Driving Test (for converting a Foreign License) In Kumamoto-ken, Japan
Driving in Japan is expensive, complicated, and sometimes frusturating. Following someone who is driving under the (already maddeningly slow) speed limit, cars pulling into the middle of fast moving lanes of traffic (almost) causing accidents, constant roadwork and the workers … Continue reading
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Nastiness
Today I was eating lunch at the new Hoikuen with the Yuri-gumi (Hoikuen is divided by age groups from oldest to youngest: sakura-gumi, yuri-gumi, and ume-gumi) across from a 4 year old boy, while the 4 year old boy in … Continue reading
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My Girls
…Mmmmm… American Football wa cho-umai daro! This weekend I finally got to meet some of the wonderful girls that I teach (via computer, and check out this description of me. not my best picture or profile, I suppose.) at Daiichi … Continue reading
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