Some quality teaching instructions from the junior high school level textbook’s teacher’s manual. “Do this activity until all students finish or give up in despair.” GIVE UP IN DESPAIR. Fantastic. Here’s what I imagine:
Megumi: Lo Ayumi, I cannot find any more differences in these two schedules.
Ayumi: Woe is me Megumi, neither [...]
Entries from April 2005
How to Teach
April 17th, 2005 No Comments
Tags: insanity · Japan · teaching
Sense Making
April 3rd, 2005 1 Comment
From the school website: Lost in Translation
Yes, that’s right folks, it’s an English school. Here’s an even better example from another branch:
“Nana tried really have to improve her fluency past 1 years. Also, she started taking the TOEIC Class to get a knack and score high at the next test. I’m proud [...]
Tags: engrish · Japan · teaching
Size of the Stick
April 1st, 2005 1 Comment
So I recently traded my shamefully large PS2 for a very very small one. Now it is tiny, like a piece of cereal. My HORI arcade stick on the other hand is very large. I read somewhere that it weighs like 14lbs, but I don’t have a scale to confirm or deny [...]
Tags: Games · Japan · Playstation2
