Open School
Today is the first of five Open School events for our high school and junior high school. Yep, five. That is 3 high school and 2 junior...
Student Performance Review
Here is another one for the teachers. An interesting difference to Australian schools. Now, just to review. I am a teacher at a private...
Language file #1: Graves/Basedow Disease
Sorry it has been a while since I last posted. I hope to write more as the summer vacation arrives (tomorrow), starting with the...
Requests
It only just came to my attention that I have not tried to interact with you, the reader at all. If there are any topics or questions...
Exam time again
The summer holidays are fast approaching here in Japan, so that means the end of term exams (期末考査, きまつこうさ, kimatsu kousa) are upon us. ...
Taiken Japan
I have always wanted to write articles for websites etc., and finally it has happened. I went to an historic building near where I live...
Sports Festival
Last Thursday, our school held their 49th 体育祭 (たいいくさい) - Sports Day/Festival. The conditions were perfect, except for the huge gusts...
An different kind of meeting
Another first. This afternoon was the first Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) meeting for 平成27 (へいせい 27; Heisei 27). Side note.......
Mid term exams
My school is now in the midst of their mid-term exams. I have been quite fortunate in that I have only had 3 tests to set and a total of...
The driver's license fiasco ends
As you would have read, this was not a pleasant experience two weeks ago. This time around, we had more documents and information than...
