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The heat has officially been turned off at school and my kerosene heater ran out of fuel last night. While my lungs are grateful for the respite, I sure wish it would warm up already.
Had my first class of the year today and I think it got off to a good start. In my opinion, we’re at an immediate advantage with the best teacher for the job teaching seven promising students. We started off speaking in English today, leaving no room for the usual “eigo-wakaranai” (but I don’t speak English!) nonsense, and we intend to carry on that way.
And to make my Friday a bit happier yet, the new JTE told me that she had been mistaken; actually the class of five girls who always give me some kind of effort (the third-years I’ve had in various classes since they were freshmen) will be my class this year. So I’m looking forward to that, though I wouldn’t have been quite as hateful towards my co-ALT if she’d had them, as I made it sound like when I was in mid-froth the other day.
This is partly because I realized just now, with a shock, that I’m beginning to sound like a certain ALT in a certain corner of the prefecture, a self-proclaimed genius destined for world domination according to her blog (which I will definitely not link to), and who is reputed to have single-handedly driven off a new ALT at her school by coveting all of the best classes and jealously guarding “her” students. Note to self, try not to become a total raging bitch.
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