Snippets of the New Teacher

Before anything, I just want to comment that I have come to really enjoy this pudding that they all eat here. It is soo tasty. I didn`t think it would be so tasty, but it is definitely growing on me. Today I had one that had caramel at the bottom as well as this custard on top. Just dee-licious.

Okay so here and there I hear a whisper as I walk through the hallways and I think to my self, uuwa, this is going to be so much fun. I have adopted a "I don`t speak ANY Japanese" role with the students in the school. And let me tell you, it is so much fun. Because they don`t think that I can speak Japanese, I hear them say out loud some funny stuff. Things like "Wow, she`s got long legs" or "Her face is so small/tiny" (the former two I hear quite often) and "She looks cool." And I think, a tiny face, I can`t remember the last time or any other time that someone has told me that. But, I`ve heard it so many times that I`m beginning to think that the size of my face is an anomaly. Well, with them at least. Huh, who would have guessed. They say so many things right in front of me, not thinking that I understand a word they say. Sometimes it`s really hard not to let the cat out of the bag, but I`m enjoying this game way too much to end it now. hahaha

And for those of you that think I`m being really mean...There`s also an educational motive behind my little devilishness. I want the students to constantly be using their English around me. Both in and outside of the classrooms. If they ever find out that I do speak Japanese, they would abandon any attempt to speak the language and ask me endless questions. I`ve found here in Japan, there seems to be no limit as to the "kinds" of questions that are asked so the less they do so the better. I now know how my Japanese teachers must have felt like when they pretented they knew no English. And now it`s my turn! hahaha! Revenge is mine. jk