Big days

Wow! So much stuff happens in a day that the next time I lift my head up it's Wednesday. I'll go volunteer tonight. Then I got asked to teach a class for a teacher in the Community College late tonight, so that's run down to the shelter and then run back here to teach another class. Classes from 5:30 to 10 tonight.

Better eat something now, cause There won't be much time later.

Bullying

I mentioned the "Kodomo no Ibasho Kai" in my last post. One of the reasons some of the kids here refuse to go to school is because they have been bullied. Psychology Today has an extensive article on the subject.

Party?

I was just invited to a party with a group of students on Wednesday night. I will be teaching at the "Kodomo no Ibasho Kai" that night for the children who refuse to go to school, so I won't go to the party. I was pleased and surprised, though. It just doesn't happen that much that students come out of the blue and ask me out. I was happy for the invitation, though.

Immersion school graduates its first class

Katoh Gakuen graduated its first class from its immersion program. 17 grads from the high school, all of them attending universities in either Japan or the US. Pretty impressive numbers if you ask me.

Language skills for national security

An article on learning languages to keep the world safe. The spin on this one is that some languages (guess what they are and then look at the article. No fair peeking.) are more imporant than others in our world for security issues.