A teacher at school confiscated a shiv from some second year boys. I really want it. You just don’t see craftsmanship like that anymore. It’s wooden and all hand made, and when you consider the level of education and abilities of the craftsmen, the concentration on detail is outstanding. They made it with xacto knifes, […]
Category Archives: Working as an English Teacher, Japan
I have two million dollar ideas: one is called the study muzzle and the other is called the study funnel. I will say, “It’s time to take out your study muzzles and funnels,” and, “put your study muzzles and study funnels on.” And then all my students will put a muzzle on their little snouts […]
On Friday I taught with a teacher who tried to shame three classes of completely unshameable students. It wasn’t pretty. The kids wear these polyester track suits and their chairs are slick, so they routinely fall out of their seats, and then they just get back on them. They’re those kind of kids. They’re first […]
There’s a teacher at the school I’m working at who falls asleep at his desk in between teaching classes. He rests his hands on his breasts and tries to lean his his head on his shoulder. He also has a rounded pelvis and little legs. I try not to think it because he’s left little snacks […]
At first junior high students remind me of a group of puppies. Each time I go into a new class room I’m just like oh, I’m just like look at this one’s funky curved ears, oh a few of them have itchy necks, this female one has an infected eye fold, that male one has […]
A friend of mine in college used to say that she had academic induced narcolepsy. She would get the recommended eight to– hell, ten?–hours of sleep, wake up, go to breakfast with friends, talk and laugh, walk to class, take a seat, and immediately fall asleep face down on the the desk open mouthed right […]
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