Old Lady sensei! I don't really remember her name but she's the oldest teacher that I have so I call her Old Lady sensei. It seems like no matter what material she has to cover or what we do in class, I want to go to sleep when she is teaching. I never actually go to sleep since I'm paying for it though. It's like when you pay out for a movie ticket and the movie is really lame but you don't want to sleep because you already paid up front. This is the same thing but with education and homework at the end.
Old Lady sensei started this new drill where we start her day off with a three minute conversation that we make in pairs. Basically, you shoot the breeze with the person sitting next to you and then after three minutes you explain to the class what you talked about. It sounds cool but Old Lady sensei picks the topic for the day. Today she told us about how tadpoles and small fish were seen falling from the sky in rain in another prefecture of Japan. It's supposed to be some big mystery and she wanted us to talk about it. The topic was absolutely terrible because I didn't watch the same TV show that she did and the guy sitting next to me is completely mum to boot.
We had about ten minutes left before lunch when we finished the basic morning routine that most teachers finish just after the first break. To make even less use of the time before the exam our afternoon teacher gave us a picture puzzle. You know the kind where you have two identical pictures but very small parts have been changed. We spent the last hour or so in class just looking at cartoon cats and a zoo to figure out which animals lost their tails or had bigger eyes. Time ran out before everyone could finish so I never got to see what that had to do with learning Japanese. The funny thing is that all the students were so busy staring at the pictures that they actually talked less than usual.
The only productive note I have is that I paid my school tuition for the summer semester and completed the form for my elective choices. Once the summer semester starts we will be able to go to elective classes after lunch for two hours, three days out of the week. The other two days will be regular class like now. So basically I get to diversify six hours out of my week. The problem is that the elective classes are relatively limited and I have to choose my top 5 so that when the class I really want is full they can dump me into a different class.
So far I picked two elective classes for the JLPT preparation courses they offer, a course on essay composition, conversation practice, and I think the last one was grammar and particle review. It's kind of silly to pretend like I'm picking anything since their are five choices but I should only get into one of the classes. They may as well just assign people at random, I would have almost the same chance of landing the class that I want. Anyway, I have a kanji test tomorrow so I have to hit my early to bed and early to rise routine.
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