Well, today was my first Sunday teaching out at Apita Seto, a relatively new Nova branch. Let me just say...
I HATE IT!! I DESPISE IT!!IT'S A WASTE OF TIME/ENERGY/MONEY/INTELLIGENCE/AIR/AND EVERYTHING ELSE REMOTELY OF VALUE ON THE PLANET!!
That said...I hated it.
Firstly, it takes me an HOUR to get there. I take the subway from Kamejima to Sakae, then transfer at Sakae and go to Ozone. Then I run up a lot of stairs to catch the overground train and ride it a half hour out to Owari Seto. Then I got lost for twenty minutes trying to find the mall, then I ran around the building because I needed security clearance because the mall wasn't open yet. Then I had man-to-man low level students all day. The 'food court' of this 'mall' (the mall being less than the size of your average KMart), consisted of four little shops, all selling variations on the Japanese "big bowl of soupish and noodlish stuff."
Thank goodness I'm only there three Sundays, and one of them is down already. *nods*
In exciting news, I learned that I no longer need the English announcements on the subways and trains. I can figure it out myself! And...I've restarted learning hiragana, frantically. Nothing like waiting until I'm going home in a month and a half to get into it, huh? ;)
Posted by Mandy at August 7, 2005 10:33 PMFinally! You're finally learning the language.
Well it's OK because you'll have it for the next
time you go to Japan to teach English!
Love you, Mom