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Me checking the leaves to see if it’s fall yet:

When you get swept away by your students’ genkiness:

#teaching in Japan #genki students #I have the genkiest students at my school #I could be dying from the summer heat #or freezing to death in the winter #but just one energetic greeting from my kids will bring me back to life #like how does that happen

TFW you find out Pokemon toys are coming to a fast food restaurant:

#Pokemon #McDonalds Happy Set #hobbies in Japan #I haven't stepped foot in a McDonalds for 2 years #and I really don't want to break that record any time soon #but..#I swear I don't have a problem

Me right after someone says I’m good at using chopsticks:

#teaching in Japan #foreigners in Japan #Japan #abroad in Japan

The exact moment you realize you have become a nakama of your school

#teaching in Japan #ALTing in Japan #nakama

Saying good-bye to my students at the end of the day:

#aisatsu #greetings #teaching in Japan #see you #my precious children

When certain areas in Japan become highly populated during cherry blossom season:

#cherry blossom season #sakura season #tourists

When the Japanese teachers know that you like Pokemon and they’re trying to get you to sing during karaoke, so they suggest Mezase Pokemon Master and you wonder why they know the title:

#karaoke #teaching in Japan #To be fair some of their children watch Pokemon #but Mezase Pokemon Master hasn't played regularly for a long time...

When I bring my Haunter plush/figure/picture to a lesson and my students don’t mistakenly call it Gengar:

#teaching in Japan #Pokemon #It makes me so happy when they can identify my favorite Pokemon #ngl

When the end of the year feels trip gets a two-week extension without your permission:

#teaching in Japan #graduation ceremony #sannensei #I cried every day for two weeks straight #no joke #there were definitely fun happy times in between #but there was always something that made me cry #whether it was my students' cards #or the final class I had with each of them #or the final days I had lunch with them #or just seeing them getting emotional #I cry

When your students start chanting one-syllable words at you and you get flashbacks to science class:

#teaching in Japan #Bill! Bill! Bill!#I miss my third year boys that keep shouting 'hey hey hey' at me #they also used to grab all the extra milk and offer it to me #'milk for you~'#of course I always refused #bc that's way too much milk #but -sighs- I miss those guys #hey that rhymed

When you see your students engage in some kind of questionable activity but you just stand there and watch out of curiosity:

#teaching in Japan #You do know it's cleaning time right #you better hope your homeroom teacher doesn't walk in

When a teacher apologizes to another teacher about something but then the other teacher apologizes back out of politeness and you watch them engage in what looks to be a bowing competition:

#formalities #endless apologies #teaching in Japan #Japanese culture #It's silly yet I do this all the time #'I'm sorry sensei for not hole punching the worksheets before handing them out to the students'#'Oh no it's my fault I should've told you'#'No it's really my fault bc you told me before and I forgot'#'Oh I'm so sorry for not reminding you!'#'But you're very busy so it's really my fault!'

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