Sports Day Practice

Every school has Sports Day. Like our Track and Field Days in Canada, but completely different. Here, Sports Day is on a Saturday and also includes games like tug of war and three legged races, as well as entertainment like dancers and marching bands. I live kiddie-corner to this school and wake up to these dance and marching band practices every morning.

Under the Japanese wing

September 21st 2006
Teaching English... a whole new world. So the past month at school has been a little different than usual. Our kids' classes have been reviewing for the past month or so, and last week we began tests. Oh fellow teachers, how we must appreciate our freedom to create and establish our own methods of evaluation. Tests at English school come twice a year and aside from observation, no other evalua ... read more

Asia » Japan

In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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