Saturday, April 23, 2005
PTA Enkai
Okl, let's try to write a drunken update. This'll be a first...
I went to the PTA enkai tonight. This was the second time I went; it's a bit more boring than regular staff enkais, but for some reason tonight's worked out ok. I drank lots, started spewing Japanese, and talked with lots of people. It's always fun to have the parents of your students come up to you, offering you a drink, and asking how their son/daughter is doing in English. Well, first you gotta get past your amazement that the person in front of you is the father/mother of so and so student. Often the resemblances are uncanny. I remain pretty quiet if I'm not drunk, but luckily tonight I consumed my fair share of bevvies so I could talk with everyone with ease. It's funny to how little these parents know about me. I guess it's one thing to impact the lives of the students, but another to impact the lives of the parents. As such, people were asking me what my last name was, how long I've been in Japan, and what country I'm from. But as a second year JET, those questions seem no longer relevant. Oh well, I threw them a bone and answered them....PTA enkai, until next year.
I went to the PTA enkai tonight. This was the second time I went; it's a bit more boring than regular staff enkais, but for some reason tonight's worked out ok. I drank lots, started spewing Japanese, and talked with lots of people. It's always fun to have the parents of your students come up to you, offering you a drink, and asking how their son/daughter is doing in English. Well, first you gotta get past your amazement that the person in front of you is the father/mother of so and so student. Often the resemblances are uncanny. I remain pretty quiet if I'm not drunk, but luckily tonight I consumed my fair share of bevvies so I could talk with everyone with ease. It's funny to how little these parents know about me. I guess it's one thing to impact the lives of the students, but another to impact the lives of the parents. As such, people were asking me what my last name was, how long I've been in Japan, and what country I'm from. But as a second year JET, those questions seem no longer relevant. Oh well, I threw them a bone and answered them....PTA enkai, until next year.
