Teacher Life. (or a small sample, anyway)

I haven't really talked much about work, but you're probably curious (whoever the hell may be reading this). So I'll indulge you, but just a little bit... because I don't know, the idea of talking about work just seems kinda lame/boring. I mean, just look at these photos of the teachers' office here on the right, along withmy desk. The only thing that doesn't look like monotone barf is my hello kitty bottle - which has gotten compliments from middle school girls (for whatever that's worth to a 23 year old) - THANK YOOUU MOM!

To be honest, the rest of the school doesn't look any more inspiring and um, not dull. But there's paintings and such here and there, which really brighten the halls. And this Ghibli-themed one is my favorite (OF COURSE).

And for English class, a bunch of the kids made Halloween-themed paper skulls (although they're like a month early and these sort of paper-folding crafts are totally a Japanese thing people in other countries probably wouldn't do). But I gotta say the Minnie Mouse skull is my absolute favorite. It's totally creepy and weird, but not all that surprising as Minnie Mouse is adored by Japanese girls age 0 to 35 (well, something like that - it's totally normal for young ladies to love Minnie Mouse and lots of cute things that would be considered by Americans to be kind of childish for adults). Pretty ironic how Disney and Disney characters are hardly a big deal in America like they are in Japan.

And here's some of the kiddies getting ready for the school festival coming up on October 1st, which I'll report on later.