and now for something completely different

In light of the internet communication from yesterday, #1 Elementary called the Board of Education. This morning my supervisor called me. He said that the Board had a meeting and decided to stress the issue to the schools that I am a support teacher, an assistant teacher, and that I am not in charge of curriculum decisions or the main teachers' responsibilities. They told me to go to the school tomorrow, participate in support of regular classes(with English themes), and report back to them at the end of the day to discuss how it went.

I guess sometimes we complain because we don't know what to do. We hope that if we complain, someone will hear what we need and try to help. Unfortunately, my complaining, I think, has fed a negative mindset.

But if a change is made because someone actually does hear you, you also have to be willing to turn over a new leaf. So if this change really does occur in school tomorrow, I hope it will be the end of my negativity about the elementary school schedule. I think if this issue gets resolved, it'll change my experience here a lot.


In other news, today I will go to see the Dalai Lama give a lecture on Wisdom and Compassion. Hee hee, I think he will speak in Tibetan with a Japanese translator, but we'll see. I wonder if I can still understand any Tibetan. I studied it for about two years back around 1999...
It'll be interesting to these things from my past and present together like that!