Interview Project 2010

Today I went to Tokyo Imperial Palace (皇居 Kokyo) as an assistant of pupils' interview.


To interview with foreigners at the Imperial Palace is one of the annual events that Eigonoie produces.


But this time, happily, more students attended this project than last year.

So we divided them into 2 groups; elementary school students and junior high school students.


This was the first time for most of them to talk to foreigners out of school or class, so they looked nervous a little.

But I hope most of them had a good experience, and that experiences stimulated them to learn English harder than before.

In addition, we have one more annual event on this day.

After the interview project, every time, we go to "分上野藪 かねこ Wakeuenoyabu Kaneko" to eat Soba!!

It tastes soooooo goooood!! (≧▽≦)/

Sexual Harassment Dice

Not only young teachers are crazy!!


The 59-year-old teacher used three dice named "Sexual Harassment Dice" in his class at Ogi Elementary School in Iruma, Saitama.






He had apparently had three dice, one with sides marked with the words "hug" and "forgiven", another marked with "kiss", "snot" and "forgiven" among others, and the third marked with "snot" and "forgiven".

Students who forgot to bring something to class were forced to roll one of the dice.

The teacher has apparently admitted to kissing one boy and acting as if he would put snot on one girl.



"I made the dice while playing with the children. The first two dice were for boys, and the third was for girls." the teacher said.






Schools are in chaos......

Goodbye Paul

So sad...


Paul the octopus had passed away during the night.



He was 2.5 years old.

Octopuses rarely live beyond two years so his death was not unexpected.



Paul, thank you for giving us dreams.


※I wrote an article about Paul before. If you want to know what Paul is like, go to http://eh-take.blogspot.com/2010/07/paul.html.

Honesty

A bonze sitting next to me in the train is reading a book.

The title of the chapter he is reading now is "法律は金ヅル (Law brings money)".

........

Jesus!! (´Д｀;)

Crazy Young Teachers

"The eldest of three sisters committed suicide and her funeral was held.
The two other sisters fell in love with a boy who attended the funeral.
In order for the second-eldest sister to see him again, what should she do?"


Can you believe that question was given to 21 third-graders of Hamadayama Elementary School (Tokyo, Suginami-ward-run elementary school) during a math class on Tuesday by the 23-year-old female teacher?


One of the pupils said,

"She can see him again if she kills the youngest sister (and her funeral is held),"

and the teacher claimed it was the correct answer.





So crazy, isn't she?





And the similar problem occured in Tokai Commercial High School (Aichi, Prefecture-run high school) at the same day.


24-yaer-old male teacher gave 77 third-year students a question about the assassination of its principal as a midterm test on business issues.


That question was like this:
"The principal was found murdered in the faculty room, but he left a clue about his murderer by writing '41124' with his blood. Choose one of seven teachers as the culprit."

The correct answer was the home economics teacher, since the figure '41124', when they are placed upside down, could read 'カていカ (kateika)'.






Exactly it is important for pupils and students to broaden their minds and to have flexible thinking abilities.

But.....those questions must be inappropriate.



Young teachers, please choose dreamful questions!! （≧д≦;）

Japan - The Strange Country

My Speech&Debate class teacher often shows us some interesting videos.


Yesterday he showed this video.

Surprisingly, this video was not created by a foreigner but a Japanese designer Kenichi Tanaka as a graduation thesis project.



He said he is not a racist, but some Japanese people criticize his work.

Yeah exactly it has some misunderstanding points.


But I think this work wasn't created for introduction to the world.

Rather we Japanese should know what the world's eye toward Japan is like.



Umm.....it's so controversial.


If you want to see its Japanese version, go to http://vimeo.com/9873910.

As a Pillow

I have the History of the English Language class in the second period today.

Prof. Hotta always lectures with an imposing mien, so I appreciate his class.

But there's one thing I'm not satisfied with is his too long introduction of each lecture.

Today he spent 45 minutes for introduction, which means there was only another 45 minutes left to lecture.

He often use the expression "枕として ( 'as a pillow' which is a Japanese expression meaning 'by way of introduction' )" berore the introduction.

Soon after he begins to speak, most of the students drop asleep.

His makura story becomes a real pillow at this moment. ヾ(￣o￣;)