Last week, here in Japan, the new school year began. As an Aussie, having grown up with the school year starting in line with the new calendar year, I find an April start a little strange. Having just come out of a horribly depressing Japanese winter... ...full story at Life as a Gaijin
from Life as a Gaijin on Mon, Apr 14 2008
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PJ's FLV # 96 - Elephants in Thailand (タイの像) »
YouTube video I'm a high school teacher at a private high school in Osaka, Japan. Every year, a group of the 11th grade students visit our sister-school in Chiang Mai, Thailand. In February of this year (2008), we went to Thailand for a week. I have hours of video that... |
| 09 Dec 08 |
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More Student Writing » Life as a Gaijin It's all starting to wind down for the calendar year here at school. Tests are finished, marked and returned. We know have two weeks of classes before the winter break. So much of the school year is spent teaching for tests, that these two weeks are a... |
| 01 Jan 08 |
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Podcast Episode #77 » Gaijin-in-Japan Happy New Year! I’m really excited to start this year. Between getting a Masters, starting an online English school and teaching some fascinating courses at the university I think I may just be able to get a life here in Japan. LOL. Well, at least... |
| 24 Apr 08 |
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National › Class hours, learning content to increase in schools » Japan Today Class hours and learning content will increase for students in primary school and junior high school in the 2009 school year, the starting year of… |
| 17 Jun 08 |
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Crime › 22-year-old night school student assaults 15-year-old classmate in Chiba » Japan Today A 22-year-old night school student was arrested on Monday night for stabbing his 15-year-old classmate in a classroom. The victim sustained slight injuries to his… |
| 22 Oct 08 |
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National › Boy chokes to death on bread during school lunch » Japan Today A 12-year-old boy choked to death on bread during school lunch at an elementary school in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, last week, a school official said… |
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