Pictures taken at Goshoura Junior High School.
Facts: Junior High Schools have the equivalent of 7th, 8th, and 9th graders. Students ages range from around 13 - 15.
At Goshoura Junior High School, there are a total of 68 students and 14 teachers.
I go there on Thursdays and Fridays, and sometimes Mondays.
Total 18 pictures
The teachers at Goshoura Junior High. The English teacher is Mr. Natsuhara, on the top right.
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The entire third year class and their homeroom teachers.
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All of the students and teachers (some teachers not visible) gathered in the gym for a meeting. The students sitting in front are the ones representing the school in the upcomming sports festival.
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These are two of the students who choose to study English in their elective period. In the first elective English class, they presented me with this invitation to a tea party.
Not a bad attempt at all... I think I'll go. Those little things before and after "choice B" are Japanese quotation marks.
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Third year English elective students setting up the tea party.
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It was a lot of fun, especially since I got to eat something before lunch. But really, we had a great time, and we listened to Billy Joel and Celine Dion. While at the party, we scheduled a bonus English lesson on the weekend.
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Students in calligraphy class.
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More calligraphy.
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At first I thought this teacher fell on the stairs, but I soon found out it was just a drill... weird.
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Cooking
Some students preparing the day's lunch.
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They do it right there in the back of the classroom.
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Cleaning
Every day after school (but before after school activities), the students and teachers work together to clean the entire school.
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Here we see the Vice-principal and another teacher burning weeds or something. Rank doesn't exempt you from doing any chores around here.
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Students and the art teacher pulling weeds, and other yard work.
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Not sure exactly what these kids are doing.
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Three kids doing more work. The one in the middle is Ikki, the best English speaking student I have. If I speak slowly, we can actually have a decent conversation. He wants to be an interpreter.
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Two kids taking a break from washing dishes (notice how happy they look even though they're doing chores).
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My desk, and a good majority of the staff room at Goshoura Junior High. This is the exact same desk that I have at the other Junior high school, the BOE, and in my apartment.
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