stay in Japan. Of course, to do this I’ll need a job in order to get the
required visa. (I could always marry a Japanese woman, but it’s unlikely I could
swing that in 90 days – so work it is.) And part of any work search is
interviews.
I had one with another
school today, and it was a bit different from most. (The interview, not the
school.) Instead of just being an interview, I also did what amounted to a day
or work for them. That’s cool – it’s not like I had anything else to do today. I
was at the school from about 9:00 this morning until just after 3:00 this
afternoon, meeting the staff and other teachers, sitting in on classes and
helping out with stuff.
Best.
Interview. Ever.
Seriously, it was
so slack and low pressure that it hardly felt like an interview. I read a story
to the kids, helped out with making paper mach? fruit and went to the
park.
If you haven’t guessed,
this is a bit different from my last
school.
The kids at this place are
all around kindergarten age, which is a big jump from teaching middle-school
kids like I was in Korea.
It’s
also a lot nicer. (So
far.)
No attitudes. No whining about
work. (Though I expect I’ll see different sorts of whining from younger kids.)
Nobody saying “Fucking USA” to me. It’s
awesome.
The best part of today was
when the kids did Show and Tell. The ones who did it were supposed to bring in
something starting with the letter Q. A bit tricky, I thought, but they did it
well enough. One girl had a quilt and that went over well. The next girl,
however, beat that easily.
She
brought in a Queen CD.
If you’re
not into Queen, that probably doesn’t do anything for you. But for myself (and
one of the other teachers there) it was just awesome. Since it was a CD (the
“Jewels” compilation), the other kids wanted to listen to it. I got to choose
the song and went with “You’re my Best Friend,” since that’s fun and bouncy
without being overly loud. The kids really dug it and in seconds we had 15 tiny
Japanese kids dancing and jumping around and totally grooving on it.
^.^
I
think it’s safe to say I’m going to like this job.