For those who know me well, you know that the first day of school rates up there as one of my favorite days of the year. There haven't been very many years out of my life where I haven't had a first day of school. I know deep down somewhere that becoming a teacher was a way of ensuring I will always have a first day of school to look forward to.
Last Friday was no exception. I had to make a small speech at the opening ceremony at Chuo Elementary School. This is my BIG school -you're going to have to try to keep track now, because I have 3 schools that I will be teaching at. KazzA coached me through my speech on Thursday night so that I'd be ready Firday morning to make a good first impression to 500+ elementary school students. Thanks Kazz, I think I did OK!!
After that, I went back to the staff room, where I tried to look busy (with nothing to do). You see, there aren't any classes on the first day of school. Instead the students had an intro class with their homeroom teachers and then they practiced for sports day!
And the highlight of the day was eating the school lunch! All students get a school lunch made and delivered to their classrooms (or at Mikkachi Elementary School, in the cafeteria) and the staff eats it too. It's a well balanced meal consisting of some kind of meat, starch, veggie and dairy product. On Friday it was rice, stew, 2 sausages and a noodle salad -oh, and of course, milk! It was tastey, but much more than I'm used to eating for lunch! The teachers made a big deal of it, since they knew it was my first time. They thankfully restrained from commenting on my chopstick skills, but did make sure that I know that I have to pay for this lunch service. It's not free. It's a whopping 270yen per meal (that's about $2.60 CDN). A pretty good deal, and it saves me from having to my my own lunch everyday! And if ever don't like the lunch I can always go to grocery store that stands across the street! Yay.
Tomorrow will by my first teaching day. Thanks to everyone who's sent me words of encouragement, they were definitely appreciated! I'll be teaching grade 2 tomorrow -seems a lot more scary than teaching grade 11 at the moment...
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Let's see, lunch for $1.60 Can/Day, not having students for the first day, having students practice all day for Sports Day...am I teaching in the wrong country?
We started school on Wed. and it's good to be back at 'er. Already started volleyball tryouts with my Sr. Girls team and had a great week. It's kind of weird starting before Labour Day as I think it will be tough to go back to school after a long weekend.
Sounds like you are still having fun and enjoying things. Good luck tomorrow and don't run any red lights!
Not sure what money you are using way up there in the north country, but down here 270 yen is worth about $2.57 CAD.
My lunch is only 250 yen/day. Today it was one of those nasty little deep-fried whole fish. Something crunched when I ate it. I think it was a head...
Colin
oops, I meant 2.60
today was chili, broth with veggie and boiled quail eggs, rice and grape jelly. not a big jelly fan, but this stuff was made from real grapes, so it went down ok.
i had those deep fried baby fish today too. going into my third year, i actually accepted the extra few fishies a teacher piled on. they're starting to taste good. OH NO!
go linea go!! 2nd grade is one of my favs!!! so cute!
Good luck with your second day of school. Say hi to them for me! I'm sure they know who I am.
Love you lots,
Jimmy
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