Sunday, September 9, 2007

Welcome Jessica Sensei!

Whew! I just finished 2 days of nonstop elementary school classes. It's all been a blur , but I think it went well overall. Each class was so different in personality that I ended up improvising a lot of my lesson plans. I learned a lot in just these couple of days.



I kinda get what things work better than others but again, a lot of it depends on the personality and attitude of the home room teachers and the kids. Some classes were shy and quiet while others were zany and wild. Overall the boys are much louder and rowdier than the girls. The girls tended to be quiet in class but after class they were friendly and wanted to talk or hold hands. It was very cute.

In my last class, one boy asked for my autograph (maybe because I lied a little and said I'd actually met Matsui in NYC)! Then a crowd of kids swarmed me and asked for my autograph as well. One kid asked me to sign his scissors! Another girl looked like she was about to cry if I didn't sign her book so I let her be the last one for the day. It was pretty fun being a celebrity but it also felt so bizarre. I'm glad the kids enjoyed the lessons though. Hopefully some of it seeped into their adorable little brains.

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