Another week at junior high is finished. Thankfully. The schools culture festival is coming up in about 2 weeks so i have been busy trying to help out with the 3rd grade kids and their speech about Martin Luther King Jr. Very cool topic, as it is something in history that should always be remembered. The kids pretty much had the pronunction as close it could be, with a slight japanese of course, but that is ok. So the main thing was gesturing, the 4 of them did a good job, Ms. Yuka, Ms. Saki, Mr. Taichi, and Mr. Daiki. Today was a bit more productive than the other day when i was just chatting away with the boys and arm wrestling them. Got some big boys in 3rd grade as Mr. Taichi had me beat on the left arm. He also plays judo and outweighs me by about 30 pounds too.
Anyways, the 2nd graders were out doing their skit of an old japanese scary story, pretty cool i thought. At first Ueo Sensei was just gonna have them do plain speeches, but i said nah, that is too boring. The kids have a great story and it would be great to act out. So knowing Ueo Sensei and how open she is to some things, she went with the idea, so today was the first day of breaking down the lines.
Other activities in school revolved around some mystery words that the 2nd grade girls have been giving me. They run up to me and say A-B-B-A .. not sure if it was code word or something for something naughty, which they like to say ... but i just played it off and said ABBA? Such as in the music band, "Dancing Queen" as in the song? Then they just giggle and run off, i will have to do some more research and get back to you on this mystery of A-B-B-A.
In addition to the new mystery words, there has been a new sign of gesturing this week. The ole kiss goodbye in the air, aimed at me. Oh my, i think my kids have been watching too much TV. Anyways they are a funny bunch.
Then there are the boys and sometimes girls, the thing is that i have been working out at the gym a bit, so for the past month or two the boys have been paying a little too much to my body. Sometimes when i pass by a group they like to pat my chest and feel my arms, and say "great!" (sugoi) in japanese, and it is not a little pat or anything, it is like the beating of the drums, so i have to quickly move on if i am to avoid any injuries. Its not like i am Arnold, but they get a kick out of it. Sometimes they hit him so much it is as if i am gonna get red marks. Ha ha ha ha. Maybe i better workout more so i dont feel as much pain from the patting.
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