I tell of my day-to-day experiences in a funky Japanese town from my American viewpoint. This blog could also be called 'Bizarro World', 'Notes From Kyushu, a Smaller Island', or 'Teaching English in Japan: Smash Your Ego in 10 Easy Lessons."

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Elevated to 'Cute' Status

This just in: I have been upped in status by one of my first-year(10th grade) classes. My promotion began with one student, a trumpet player in band, who, upon my entering the classroom at cleaning time would announce, "Julie's so cute!!" In English terms, this is effectively saying, "Julie is cooler beyond words. How does she do it?!" Gradually, one by one, the other students began to take her lead, and it came to the point where I was walking out of the classroom last week and I heard a chorus of "Cute!!!"s follows by heavy sighs. Honestly, I'm not sure what I did to be granted the honor. But I shall bask now in the glory of cuteness-supreme, and do my best not to show my lack of understanding. Cleaning with the first-graders has now become a perk of the job!

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