Aaargh! This morning I woke up before my alarm, and felt pleased with myself. That is, until I looked at the alarm clock to realize it was 8:25, and school started in 5 minutes. I fell asleep last night in a fever-induced daze, and didn’t remember to actually set the alarm for this morning. ALL STATIONS GO. SUPERPOWERS ACTIVATE. HOLY SHIT, RUN. I chucked clothes on, grabbed my bag, called my teacher on the way out the door, and after a frantic ride to school managed to still make it there by 8:45. Albeit with unbrushed teeth and yesterdays socks on.
Thankfully, yesterday’s high temperature had broken, so apart from a slightly ridiculous voice and a pretty sore throat, I was on the road to recovery. My teachers were lovely, and gave me hot soup and told my classes that I was sick so they had to be on their best behaviour. I really didn’t want to miss any of today’s classes, because it stuffs the teachers around (at Shimizu, I had the lesson plans ready to go, and the teachers just had to get them to finish last week’s resume-making in English), and because I really don’t want to miss my last lessons with the classes. It’s sad (read:pathetic), but I will miss teaching the students. I know that it is doubtful that they will remember me very much, and probably definitely won’t remember any of the lessons we had, but I will miss Mr. Bushido, Spongebob, Jack, Sparrow (they were allowed to choose their own names for their namecards) and all of the characters that have come through my classroom. Anyway, I had some great last classes listening to the student’s speeches about other countries.
In the afternoon, we had my science class speeches. The student’s have been giving short presentations about “Something Scientific”. They could choose any topic, and they have to ask 3 hypothetical questions and then answer them. They have been seriously good! Their topics have been great, and the presentations have been really interesting. The majority of the students have prepared Powerpoint presentations, and I have been impressed with the quality of presentations that 15 year olds can make in another language about a technical topic! They are better than many of the first year university students I have met. Anyway, today’s stand out presentation was my favourite (I mean, if I had a favourite… uhh…) student. He gave a presentation on Rubik’s cubes, and casually finished a 3 x 3 x 3 cube while he talked. I learned that there are special names for the 4 x 4 x 4 cube (Revenge) and the 5 x 5 x 5 cube (Professor), and about some of the other non-standard sizes. He actually had to ask permission to bring his cubes to school for the presentation, because they are considered toys, and so they are banned from the school grounds. Weird! Anyway, it was a super cool presentation, and he got to show off for all the girls in the class.
Food Highlight of the Day: Toast for dinner :)
