DearScotty

Patriots vs Colts, the battle of the undefeated. Which powerhouse would come out still holding onto their perfect record? With 10 minutes to go in the fourth quarter and trailing 20-10, the Patriots make a run for the end-zone. Tom Brady does his thing and tosses a short touchdown pass to bring the Patriots within three (after the point after is good). The Colts get the ball back and seem to have something going but after getting hit with a few penalties, have to punt the ball over. The Patriots now have four minutes to take the lead. Oh the suspense!! “Excuse me, I am Kazo. I am English teacher.”

WTF??!!?!?!!!??? Well, I guess that answered my question. Eguchi is gone and replaced by a very young male teacher. He showed me his lesson plan which was all in Japanese and then thanked me. I hadn’t checked my schedule since I knew today was an off day. No Eguchi sensei meant no classes on Monday, which meant football. I was due in his first class in 5 minutes. I was not formally introduced, or informed of Eguchi’s plight.

On the way to class while trying to fight back the tears of not knowing the conclusion to today’s mini-superbowl, I asked what happened to Eguchi. I was told he quit. I don’t blame him. The students are shit heads. Makes me wonder how scared this guy was. So I asked if he was nervous. “This is my first time teaching.”

“Ever?”

“Yes, I don’t teach before today.”

“Uh.. good luck”

“Yes, I will smile”

“No!! Don’t smile, look angry!”

“Yes, ok”

We get to class, the kids aren’t interested, and he busts a huge smile and good morning. Their response? Flipping their comic books, arm wrestling, high pitch giggling, and heads hitting their desks to sleep. I told him not to smile.

The lesson was boring. I was told to read a really long dialog about “Universal Design.” Apparently, teaching Universal Design, teaches the children that Japan is such a great country that they design train station gates to allow for people in wheelchairs, baby carriages, and for people with large shopping bags. After I read the entire dialog, I was both Mihi and Aki, he translated the English sentences into Japanese… For forty minutes! That was the entire class.

This is gonna suck.

And yeah, I saw, Patriots came back to win it.

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