GTE: Great Teacher Elliot? Wait...you mean it's possible?!

Today was a fairly generic day. Class, eating, hanging with friends. Generic doesn't equal bad mind you. It just means that I've settled into a comfortable pattern for school and the like.

It also means I've gotten much more used to being in a foreign country, a lot faster than I would have expected. I also haven't suffered from the immense homesickness others have. But I suppose that may have something to do with Skype. It truly is a handy tool.

So, as of today, I've been here for about a month. I can honestly say though, it has probably been one of the best months of my life. Fulfilling a long held dream, it took a little while for it to sing in that I was really here, and that I was doing something I've wanted to do since I was only a little kid.

Here I am. Living out my school life like normal. Man, it's still surreal when I think about it.

So, to address the current title of this entry, it looks like as of tonight, I have become an English teacher in Japan. I was called and informed that I got the gig (It's non-paying, which is fine with me), and I'll be teaching a class every Monday night from 6:30 to 8.

Holy snap son. I'm a fucking English teacher.

Last time I did any teaching was as the Kungfu Sensei at Summer school. And I'm not going to lie, there is something I absolutely love about teaching, and one of my secret goals is to become a teacher. Not for the long run, but for a short period of time.

Now here's my chance to do it for a whole goddamn year. Hoh shit. I seem to have a class to myself, so I need to come up with some kind of curriculum now. XD. Oh jeezus, my first class is Monday, and I have no idea how I want to do this, or what format to use, or what to start with, or where everyone's English stands. This is going to be insane.

But I'm so incredibly happy and excited about it. I get a rush from teaching, and I don't know why, but as long as I enjoy it I'm certainly not concerned.

Damn, this is crazy. I need to get my shit together. Maybe start off with self introductions, and then watching a movie clip or something? Thank God I have the internet.

We also met a group of crazy Japanese people Tuesday: Machiko, Bo, and Hiromi.

They're amazing, and Machiko drew this picture of us today.

http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v346/231/101/1269784577/n1269784577_30120052_622.jpg

She rocks our world.


PEACE


-E.