I am substitute teaching 4 more shifts, this week and next. I still have a hard time remembering which class is which. I can't imagine that I will ever be a real teacher, since I have trouble remembering 4 student's names, let alone 25 or 30.
Today I have a class that I taught last week for the first time. The one boy in the class is kind of a smart-ass, until he discovered that I speak Japanese. I have to be careful not to let him know that if he speaks at native speed/vernacular, I probably won't understand him.
The other classes are full of goofy kids, just like me. My goal is to make them laugh. They are as cute as can be. I guess teachers here can burn out on "cute", cause their are some bitter gaijin working here in Tokyo, but it hasn't happened to me yet. I have it pretty easy, though, my gig is part-time, and I do it mainly for spending money, not survival. This can change things, I have found.
My school however, the last 2 weeks are busy. I am embarrassed to say that my project is to make a newspaper with my class. It's my goal not to complain about how child-like this project seems. I wanted to do a lemonade stand, but they shot that idea down.
I think we have officially 7 days of school left. It drags when I am in there, but the days fly by.