All About Teaching

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So many people have inquired, so here's the scoop on teaching. I teach at 4 different schools every month. I spend a week at each school, so pretty much I see my kids once a month. My kids range from 2-16 years and I can have anywhere from 2-8 kids in a class. On average I teach about 3 1-hour classes a day, so I do have a lot of free time. It's not bad, cause prep time for my classes each day is about an hour or so. I teach Tuesday-Saturday. The really young kids are adorable and although the job itself is not very challenging, the kids make it worth while. The first thing I've done with each class as I've introduce myself is show them pics of Frazzle (my dog) and Ebony (my mom's cat). That definitely gets their attention as all the dogs here are small and get carried around in purses. So you can imagine their reaction when they see a big monster of a dog. The company I work for is pretty good too. They have a lot of support systems in place for us foreigners so it's pretty decent. Unfortunately in Japan we get paid once a month, so I'm still waiting for pay day since being here, since they hold your salary back a month. At least it will teach me to be smarter at budgeting, which will definitely make my mom proud. That's about it. Will keep the pics coming.

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