So I just had a lesson with a teacher with whom I didn't have a previous lesson plan briefing - I relied on the teacher with whom I did converse to relay the pertinent information. Obviously that didn't occur, because I asked her to write the classes timetable on the board, at which point she sent half the class to get a load of tables. (This was after me demonstrating writing on the blackboard, no less.)
After I saw the kids coming in with tables, I laughed it off (while crying inside) and asked her to write it again. The only part of that sentence I don't know in Japanese is timetable, otherwise I would have asked in Japanese and been done with it. Before you ask; the locals are much like the Germans, one mistake in their native language and often they'll refuse to understand what you're saying. If they're friends they'll puzzle it out, but in a workplace setting they've got an example to keep (for the children, of course) and won't be seen acknowledging anything other than perfect Japanese, lest the next generation grow tolerant of foreigners. God forbid.
Anyway, after about five minutes of classroom re-arrangement we were good to go. At which point I realised that I didn't understand anything she'd written on the blackboard, so had to get her to do most of it anyway (only after me bumbling through about four minutes of attempts myself).
#Edit# I just found out that Ashton is leaving Saints. He's leaving with a record of 105 games, 95 tries. That's an incredible try scoring record, and it near enough a try per game as not to matter. Amazing. Unfortunately he's going to South Africa. Sorry, I mean Saracens. They're all still SA except for a couple of England players right?
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