I SHOULDN'T POST THIS, BUT...

DID I MENTION I TEACH AT UP TO 20 SCHOOLS IN JAPAN? 12 OF THESE ARE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. INTERESTING THING ABOUT TEACHING ENGLISH AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IS THAT NOBODY THERE CAN SPEAK IT BESIDES ME. FORTUNATELY, I AM ALSO FLUENT IN "ENGRISH", SO THERE'S NO PROBLEM WHEN I RECEIVE A LESSON PLAN BY FAX SUCH AS THIS ONE...

Children look forward to studying the English with Mr. James very much. I introduce myself and I become slightly close and think that I am happy and should have been able to learn it while singing an English song.

DID YOU NOTICE THERE WASN'T A SINGLE SPELLING MISTAKE?

RACE DAY - PART 4: THE CHICKS

RACE DAY - PART 3: THE CHICKS

THEY SAY BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN IS A GREAT WOMAN. I THINK MOST FOLKS FROM MISSISSIPPI, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND HERE IN THE DEEP SOUTH OF JAPAN MIGHT AGREE. EXCEPT THEY MIGHT TAKE IT TO MEAN GREAT WOMEN SHOULD BE BEHIND GREAT MEN, BOTH FIGURATIVELY AND LITERALLY.

ON RACE DAY, THE BOYS GOT TO GO FIRST. THEIR STRETCH WAS 7.5km. THE GIRLS WENT NEXT, HAVING ONLY TO COMPLETE 4.8km. EVERYONE DID GREAT.

I'M NO AUTHORITY ON WHAT THE TWO SEXES ARE AND AREN'T CAPABLE OF... BUT I THINK IT'S CLEAR WHICH HALF OF THE SPECIES IS THE SUPERIOR WHEN IT COMES TO VOGUEING, NO?

RACE DAY - PART 2: THE DUDES

BEING LATE TO SCHOOL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED HERE.
VERY STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

RACE DAY - PART 1: THE DUDES

YOU EVER HAVE ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHERE NOTHING SEEMS TO GO RIGHT; YOUR PATIENCE IS TESTED AT EVERY TURN; EVERY SINGLE THING GOING ON AROUND YOU SERVES TO PUSH YOU CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE EDGE OF THROWING A TABLE ACROSS THE ROOM AND DECLARING YOUR UNADULTERATED HATRED FOR EVERYONE WITHIN EARSHOT, INCLUDING THEIR PARENTS, CHILDREN, AND SECOND COUSINS?

NO? ME NEITHER. DON'T KNOW WHY I BROUGHT IT UP.





THE OTHER WEEK MY HIGH SCHOOL HAD EVERY STUDENT RUN A BIG GIANT LAP AROUND THE TOWN. I WAS THERE WITH MY CAMERA TO DOCUMENT THE FUN. AS IT TURNS OUT, PUSHING YOUR BODY TO THE POINT JUST SHORT OF VOMITING, FOLLOWED BY COLLAPSING UNCONSCIOUSLY INTO A POOL OF SAID VOMIT... hmmm, not so much fun from the looks of it.