Japanese Elementary Schools
Rural Hokkaido public school, as opposed to my experience growing up in an American (more specifcally Southern Californian) public school. In my time working here, I’ve noticed some perculiar small things, and I though I’d collect these thoughts into a post because I found the cultural differences interesting. Of course, this is comparing working in…
On Kyushoku (Japanese School Lunch)
Kyushoku, or 給食, is what I believe a popular-ish topic among the working in Japan world. It’s basically school provided lunch. As I am not a student, I am not entirely sure if the families pay for the kids’ food, but in any case, everyone at school eats this supposedly nutritionally balanced meal at lunch.…
An Unexpected Japanese Cultural Difference
I don’t mean to be the priviledged foreigner in a foreign country, but one of the most unexpected things I now certainly believe I took for granted was the keyboard. Yes. The keyboard. Now, you may be wondering, is this really a big deal? In the grand scheme of things, no, not really, but as…
(My) School Life as an Elementary School ALT on the JET Program
The JET Program’s motto is “Every Situation is Different”, or ESID for short. Basically, no one is ever going to have the same experience, so it’s hard to generalize the whole experience to someone. Some of my friends are T1s (Teacher 1, aka primary teacher, doing lesson planning, despite having “Assistant” in our working title),…
My Experience Traveling to Japan During Covid (July 2022)
I essentially started preparing my leave from America to Japan around June-July, left July 23 from Los Angeles, and arrived in Narita Airport on the 24th. (I would have recorded as much as the process as I could, since I tend to forget things and I really wanted to write down what I could, but…
Hello World!
In this small corner of the internet, I have started an obscure blog that probably no one will read. Maybe if I share it with friends and family they’ll read it less out of curiosity and more out of pity because there’s no one else to find this small website among an entire abyss of…
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