| oo9; the last day of volunteering |
[10 Jun 2008|02:26pm] |
Today was my last day at the high school as a Japanese class volunteer. I'm a bit disappointed as it was a lot of fun, but oh well, school's out for the summer! The craziest moment was this...
Rosen-sensei: ・・・来年の新しい日本語の先生。(...and the new Japanese teacher next year.)
Me: え？？ 新しい日本語の先生？？(Eh? A new Japanese teacher?)
Mamiko: そうか？日本人でしょう？ (Oh? Japanese person?)
Rosen-sensei: いや、アメリカ人。(No, American.)
Me: *jokes* 何、私じゃない? (What, not me?)
Rosen-sensei: 中国に行かなかったら・・・(If you weren't going to China...) *switches to English* the principal was going to ask you if you wanted the job.
Me: ........... 本当？！(Really?!?!)
Wow.
Me, the new Japanese teacher at the high school? Not that I... couldn't handle it, but... wow. That's an honour. However, I would not like to be stuck in my hometown the rest of my life, and free graduate school awaits me in Shanghai, so off to Shanghai I go! However... that's good to keep in mind, especially for recommendations for future jobs.
At the end of the day, one of the students, Diana, asked me if she wouldn't mind if I tutored her in Japanese this summer. I don't mind at all! She can even invite some of her classmates. I offered to do it for free, but she said she wouldn't do that so we negotiated. I earned $27 an hour teaching English, but for a high school student I won't do that. So, I asked for $10 an hour. I hope that's a reasonable price. I'm also tutoring Amie in Mandarin Chinese but we're exchanging languages. She teaches me Sign Language, I teach her Mandarin. Fair is fair. :P
Anyway, Mamiko-san and I went out to lunch after class. We went to ふみレストラン. It was VERY good, as usual, but I was very sad that they didn't have かつカレ so I settled for やきそば instead, even though I can make やきそば at home no problem. I am really going to miss Mamiko.
Okay. I'm off. I am going swimming to enjoy the beautiful day and then to study with Steph! Take care, everyone~
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