Hi Everyone,
I am very sorry I haven't blogged in a while, I've been a little bit busy. On the 19th of December until the 23rd I stayed with our friends, the Fuyumuros (foo-you-moo-ros) and I went to the Junior High School that my friend Wakana (wa-ka-na) goes to. Wakana goes to Keyakidai (ke-ya-ki-da-i) Junior High School in Moriya (mo-ree-ya). I went to the Junior High for the last 3 days before the holidays. The class that Wakana's in is 1-2 (1 grade in Junior High School, Year 7, 2nd class). The teacher's name was Mr. Nomura (no-mu-ra). Unlike school in Australia they stay in the same classroom with the same teacher for most of the day. The only time they changed teacher was when they had English, Japanese (Kanji) and P.E. (the went into the gym for P.E.). Every day after lunch the whole class had cleaning duties to do. Some people sweep the classroom floor others clean the bathrooms. Everyday after school the people at the school usually have after school clubs. Wakana has volleyball club. In the morning they do training so I joined in. I didn't go after school because I was so tired (they finish school at 4pm). On the Monday night Yasuko (ya-sue-ko), Wakana's mum, arranged to have most of Wakana's friends come over for dinner and that was really fun. Before dinner we went to a park and played around until some boys from their grade started bugging us so we went to the near by Jidokan (gee-doe-kan), an indoor play centre.
Hope to hear form you all soon,
Chloe.
To be continued in Part 2.
I'm glad you are still learning, Chloe. Did you know that the idea of kids doing cleaning is not exclusive to Japan. When I was at school at St. Stanislaus', Gundagai, the nuns decided I was a really bad singer and that I should not sing. When the other kids went to singing for an hour once a week, I used to be sent to clean the lavatories! That's why I have an inferiority complex. I really do enjoy reading about the things you are up to in Japan. But please tell us about your parents too. Are they standing up to the pressure? Do you need me to advise them about anything? Love & hugs etc and all that sort of thing, Scoop.
ReplyDeleteIt is good to get one of your reports again, Chloe. School life in Japan does sound busy. I'm glad you enjoyed it and am looking forward to the next installment.
ReplyDeleteHow did you go understanding the Japanese? I imagine you were very good at the English.
I am supposed to be at the library doing some scanning but have been distracted by this computer!!! I can understand how other interesting things could distract you when you are in another culture.
Continue to enjoy your adventure. I hope you are having fun showing Emily and Jess around. Say hello to them for me.
Love Colleen
Hey there Chloe,
ReplyDeleteYou're sounding very social, I don't know if I could make friends quite so easily in Japan, or anywhere they don't speak English for that matter. I hope you're enjoying hanging out with kids from a different culture. When I was a kid I only hung out with kids from Gundagai, you are quite the globe-trotting superstar.
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