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Theresa’s aunt passed away today so I thought I’d post a picture from when they first met. I’ve never seen anyone filled with such pure joy.

Last week I wanted to share an American summer with the “special” kids so I rounded up some A&W Root beer, some vanilla ice cream, and a home-ec teacher. Here are some photos from this eventful secret class on American culture.

At first these kids were mostly excited about the ice cream. One of the teachers was worried the rootbeer was alcoholic and that worry trickled down to the kids. I tried to explain to them it was like soda but then they called it coke. So I tried to say it was in the same sub family of soda pop that Dr. Pepper resides.

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I’ve given my last listening quiz, role played my final dialogue, danced from my head to my toes, and received my last gut wrenching kancho. My influence on the Japanese youth has finally come to an end. I gave my last goodbye speech today and decided to throw out the script and go off the cuff. It was pretty enjoyable to watch my fellow departing teacher try to translate for me. After I said that I met most of these kids when they were quiet elementary students and now they are junior high school students who never shutup, he paused, looking a bit nervous, so I encouraged him, “Go on, you can do it.”

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