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Tuesday, December 16, 2003
booooooooooooo
what a crappy morning. i got to work, and had to face tashiro and yajima, cd-less and with a ugly/scary looking snowman head and my forehead burning with the word AHO inscribed on it... then as tashiro was leaving to attend the second-year assembly, i asked her what the order was for the class... third on the list was the "Pass the Present" game, for which I HAD FORGOTTEN TO MAKE PRESENTS FOR... one internal scream and one outward utterance of "oh my god..." later, tashiro sensei was halfway to yajima`s desk, about to mutter something about my incompetency, when i improvised and claimed that I was going to use the Santa stocking instead... heart don`t fail me now. The classes themselves were completely underwhelming. Something about fourteen year olds NOT enjoying games that my elementary kids really liked... and the climax to this sad tale was during 2-4`s class, when tashiro asked them to stand up for the game. NO ONE STOOD UP for literally 7 minutes. it was the worst. i attribute this to the absence of okazaki, who is undoubtedly the leader of the class. he`s a really good student, and will do the right thing... i was so surprised that one student could make such a difference.
i was remembering what it was like to be 14 during that torturous lull in 2-4... worrying/wondering if you were popular or not, keeping within the lines so that you would not be labelled weird (i.e. ostracized)... i guess that`s why i like teaching elementary kids better than junior/senior high in terms of getting them excited about learning, but actually getting to know jhs/shs kids as people would be a lot more interesting.
i hope this day gets better. sigh.
i dunno, i have been feeling kind of crappy lately... it comes in spurts... maybe it`s some sort of negative reaction to the happyhappyhappy of Christmas time, like I`ve become imbalanced by being too happy recently or something? omg i`m turning into strong sad. i think i need more endorphins. i should go running... will make me feel less chumpy. argharghargh... i don`t know how people work and manage to get other stuff done... i am chumptastic.
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2:58
so the day has definitely gotten better... went around to some of the club practices, and got to spend an hour in the glorious outdoors... kimochi ga iiiiiiiiiiiiii... happyhappy... not feeling so chumpy anymore. sigh.
what a crappy morning. i got to work, and had to face tashiro and yajima, cd-less and with a ugly/scary looking snowman head and my forehead burning with the word AHO inscribed on it... then as tashiro was leaving to attend the second-year assembly, i asked her what the order was for the class... third on the list was the "Pass the Present" game, for which I HAD FORGOTTEN TO MAKE PRESENTS FOR... one internal scream and one outward utterance of "oh my god..." later, tashiro sensei was halfway to yajima`s desk, about to mutter something about my incompetency, when i improvised and claimed that I was going to use the Santa stocking instead... heart don`t fail me now. The classes themselves were completely underwhelming. Something about fourteen year olds NOT enjoying games that my elementary kids really liked... and the climax to this sad tale was during 2-4`s class, when tashiro asked them to stand up for the game. NO ONE STOOD UP for literally 7 minutes. it was the worst. i attribute this to the absence of okazaki, who is undoubtedly the leader of the class. he`s a really good student, and will do the right thing... i was so surprised that one student could make such a difference.
i was remembering what it was like to be 14 during that torturous lull in 2-4... worrying/wondering if you were popular or not, keeping within the lines so that you would not be labelled weird (i.e. ostracized)... i guess that`s why i like teaching elementary kids better than junior/senior high in terms of getting them excited about learning, but actually getting to know jhs/shs kids as people would be a lot more interesting.
i hope this day gets better. sigh.
i dunno, i have been feeling kind of crappy lately... it comes in spurts... maybe it`s some sort of negative reaction to the happyhappyhappy of Christmas time, like I`ve become imbalanced by being too happy recently or something? omg i`m turning into strong sad. i think i need more endorphins. i should go running... will make me feel less chumpy. argharghargh... i don`t know how people work and manage to get other stuff done... i am chumptastic.
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2:58
so the day has definitely gotten better... went around to some of the club practices, and got to spend an hour in the glorious outdoors... kimochi ga iiiiiiiiiiiiii... happyhappy... not feeling so chumpy anymore. sigh.
// posted by naomi @ 9:58 p.m. 
