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I totally got a random pamphlet of all the onsen in the Maebashi area (Gunma prefecture's big thing is onsen), as part of JTB's promotion for Golden Week. I love that the schools here let people come in to try and sell things. My Friday elementary had a guy come in with a whole jewelry set up, like a street vendor. It's incredibly amusing.

I actually had class at my junior high today - and not just the 'come for five minutes and introduce yourself then go back to the staff room' that happened on Monday. Today I went through the second year classes and actually did team teaching. I passed out papers, wrote answers on the board, listened to the kids give a short self-introduction, and pronounced words with the teacher. If you want an easy job, it seems, junior high is the way to go. The only hard day will be Tuesdays from now on - I'll have five classes those days, rather than the three I have on Monday and Wednesday.

I should probably be more proactive (guh how I hate that word) and try talking to the teachers between classes and during breaks. It does make the day seem a lot longer when I only really talk to two people, and one of them is the vice principal. But my Japanese is seriously not what it should be, and they're all incredibly busy, and I don't know what to say to them other than 'tetsudau koto arimasu ka' because I don't think they really want me asking what kind of movies they like. It doesn't help that I'm the wallflower shy type. I'm trying to make up for it by helping to serve lunch and clean the teacher's room - I don't know how much good that's doing though.

I want Golden Week to come now kthxbai *sigh*