Introduction
This is the blogiwog for A-chan, a first-year participant of the JET program, stationed in Kyoto, Japan. I'm used to telling people stories on a regular, in-person basis, but this newfound distance makes it a tad difficult, so I hope you'll accept my attempt to make up for it through script.
Three things you need to know to keep things in context:
1. My school is based in Kumiyama - the town itself is quite wealthy as it hosts a large industrial district, but the people are dirt poor. Gaijin such as myself call it The Ghetto.
2. As an AET (Assistant English Teacher), my role is to team-teach with native Japanese English teachers in 1st, 2nd and 3rd year junior high classes. Depending on the teacher, this ranges from running an active classroom, to sitting in the corner and playing human tape-recorder.
3. You will never, ever understand the mysterious horrors that go on inside the brain of a japanese junior high student.
Three things you need to know to keep things in context:
1. My school is based in Kumiyama - the town itself is quite wealthy as it hosts a large industrial district, but the people are dirt poor. Gaijin such as myself call it The Ghetto.
2. As an AET (Assistant English Teacher), my role is to team-teach with native Japanese English teachers in 1st, 2nd and 3rd year junior high classes. Depending on the teacher, this ranges from running an active classroom, to sitting in the corner and playing human tape-recorder.
3. You will never, ever understand the mysterious horrors that go on inside the brain of a japanese junior high student.
