I have the best students!

(It's true!) Today I taught first period and the class was pretty great. They weren't as excited about the music as I was. But they were very respectful and listened.

I then had an prep period and I busted my behind to get my Friday lessons done. After my prep I taught two more classes. I got to teach big numbers again. This class has been unruly in the past but today they really worked hard. I really appreciated it! After that first grade class, I had another class of third graders. I did a listening quiz at the beginning and then helped the students with their summaries. I have the smartest students! As I was sitting and helping one girl, two girls leaned over to me and said something in Japanese while touching the bottom lid of their eyes. I thought they were saying I had something in my lashes so I tried to brush it off. They then told me (and I can't remember how they said it) but that they meant they thought my eyes (makeup maybe, or both!) were really pretty. AWW! YOU'RE pretty! ;) I didn't say that - but I thanked them. :)

I then had lunch and then some more prep. I am almost completely ready for this Friday! :D That feels REALLY good! I also outlined a worksheet I want to make for next Monday. Sometimes I feel like, "The worksheets never end!" (And that is thus far true,) but I love teaching and I get to make new and different worksheets and as I've said many times I am blessed. I have made three summary worksheets for one class (different parts of the book, but still... summaries three times in a row!) and I've been able to come up with three completely different summary worksheets. They have all been fun (IMO). I feel VERY blessed for all the help my Father in Heaven is giving me. I'm very invested in making worksheets that the students understand and are capable of completing and who knows them better than everyone else? :) I also got to have a conversation with Oikawa-sensei about English grammar. I really enjoyed it. I love grammar and I love discussing those technicalities.

My last class was great. A group of girls saw me coming, in the hall, and they all cheered. :D I felt like a rockstar. They get excited when I walk in the door which in turn feeds my already over-the-top excitement and the class is a thrill-ride! They were troopers too as the subject of big numbers gets a little.. technical and we didn't get to the games. :/ HOWEVER, Hashimoto-sensei said he's thinking of doing Big Numbers part 2 which means I will have very little prep work to do (I won't have to make another worksheet, but I will make a couple games). I'm already excited to teach it! I was given some great game ideas! :D

So tomorrow our Sports Festival starts, wish me luck! I plan on playing volleyball. They asked me about tennis but I told them it would be better that I NOT play it. I said I was very good at watching tennis. :D I also looked at the booklet and it seems as though the games are scheduled through about 1500 which means I'll have at least an hour and forty-five minutes to work on lesson plans for next week and to finish that other one for Friday. I have faith that I will be able to keep up. :)

When I got home, I ate dinner, I did some cleaning, and a little more cooking (made rice) for my lunches for the rest of the week. I did the math and it costs me about $10 to make 4 lunches. :) There's reason I make instead of buy! If I bought, it would cost $5 a meal. However, those meals have several items and are very nice. I am happy eating what I make though. I don't have a fancy lunch like the other teachers but I feel good about my unlocked achievements of cooking and storing and carting around Japanese food. I also finished up a book I got from the library that I picked out to help me really stay positive (since the heat is trying me). It was a book by Jerry Seinfeld and had a bunch of funny stories. :) I also spent some time on reddit and that helped me laugh too. (For those of you unfamiliar with reddit - be careful, it's still the interwebz! Don't click on the NSFW links and stick to the "funny" page and you should be pretty safe. :D) It's getting late so I wrote this. Now I'm going to play a little guitar then get ready for bed.

Funny moments:

I got to cough the answer again for my (last) class and this kid from across the room who thinks I'm awesome (and the thought is mutual) yelled, "What!?" So I said it again. Pretty great!

That kid last week who called yelled, "MY Ann" today said, "Good morning MISTER Carlisle!!" He got a big laugh out of the students and some indignation. I said, "Ok! I accept! Thank you!" And smiled really big. I'm happy he's making jokes in English! I would have liked to say something like, "Yes! My goatee finally came in!?" But he wouldn't have understood it. :/ Still, yay for him! :)

a funny from reddit that made me lol