This is a picture of the teachers' Office. It's one big room and about 70 teachers have their desk in here, side-by-side. Off to the side are a couple of small rooms, one is a room with copy machines (no problems with the copiers so far!), the other is a coffee/tea room (the bottom picture).
Two other really helpful people are: Nakashima Sensei and Sano Sensei. They had tons of useful information, school-related and Japanese phrases for me to learn.
I met a few students throughout the course of the day...and I got my first marriage proposal from one of the boys. It caught me off guard and I told him I was already married and he said he wished that he would have been born earlier (I was surprised at how clever he was!).
I jumped right in and taught some English to the kids. They have a lot of trouble with "r,v,th,sh, and l". They gave great effort, though!
Baba Sensei was also so sweet to take me and help me get a bus card! In the middle of our trip, I had mentioned that I liked sweets and baked goods, so she decided to make a pit stop at a bakery! How awesome! On top of that, she had me pick something out...her treat! She went far above and beyond and I am very thankful for people like Baba Sensei. It was a refreshing 1st day of work...a welcoming environment for sure! Oh yeah, this last picture shows my desk and that pile of papers you see on the left was my first assignment (as a teacher). I had 350 essays to grade by next week!! Yikes!!
I caught the bus home and didn't realize I had to change buses, but thanks to the help of a random McDonalds' employee (obviously, she had her uniform on, so that's the only reason I knew that)...I got on the right bus. The help of strangers is something we have found to be extremely refreshing because without them...Brandon and I would be lost!
We watched "Hancock" at Darryl's apartment; there were about eight of us gathered around his laptop to watch it! My rating for the movie was an "ok"...kind of funny, but nothing special.
~Sarah
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