The school year is well underway here on Yuge Island. My first couple weeks of classes have gone great. Well, to tell the truth, the first week was a little terrifying for several reasons. I think even if all my classes had gone perfectly, I still would have freaked out the first week just because everything was so new and intimidating. With that in mind, everything did NOT go perfectly. My first day teaching at a school was at my elementary school. I had to teach an hour lesson on numbers (easy, right?) to third graders. I prepared a couple of [View Full Entry]

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Another week has gone by on the island of Yuge,　and I'm not sick of it yet! In fact, I think I like it more and more everyday. As I get to know my way around, the food in the grocery store, the people's faces and the names to go with them, and my students, this place becomes an even nicer environment to live in. I even successfully paid my first month's bills! I guess that's some kind of sign that I can make it independently in Japan. And,　just in case you were wondering, my fridge continues to be stocked with fruits [View Full Entry]

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Okay. I have no stories for y'all at the moment. I just wanted to post my pictures finally. Enjoy! [View Full Entry]

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Well, it's only been about two weeks since I came back to Japan, but it feels like I've been here forever. I am teaching English on a remote island in the Inland Sea of Japan called Yuge. Yuge is part of a town made up of four islands called Kamijima. It is technically part of Ehime prefecture in Shikoku, but it's much closer to Hiroshima prefecture in Honshu. Yuge is only accessible by ferry. There are no roads or trains that connect the island to the mainland. Therefore, life here is much more isolated, rural, traditional, and laid back. There are [View Full Entry]

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