Lesson E15

My first day of training!

It went really well. I was a bit nervous at first and a little unsure of myself, BUT I did great! (at least by my standards). We actually had to teach half of a lesson by ourselves today. Oh, and when I say we, I mean everyone in my orientation group, which is ONE other person. Anyway, we both had our own lessons and our own group. There were four people in my group and they were all really great. It was such a neat feeling actually showing them how to pronounce words (we focused on intonation today) and letting them think up examples and questions on their own. I mean, my job is actually really easy. I just read off this paper, throw in some "drills," as NOVA likes to call them, and then sit back and let them talk. It was very exciting and I was so happy with myself after I actually did it. I'm sure I have a lot to learn still but it will be easy enough. Tomorrow I have to teach three whole lessons by myself. Scary.

Anyway, I'm actually tired today, not just too bored to stay awake, so I am going to bed now. Today was rather exciting. I'm continuing to meet really cool people and I learn more and more about Japan and Japanese customs everyday. For instance, taking off ones shoes before going into rooms with thick carpeting, like the one we had our training in today, can get extremely annoying very quickly. Its a good thing my straps were velcro.