Me = teacher

[Dark Scizor]

Dark Scizor: Hm, you sound like you have kept an eye on me for some time, that's cool. According to my 'friends', I was too old for Pokemon already back then. If someone wants to discuss that post in General Discussion, heh.

Yeah, I've been stalking you since day 1.

Seriously, your username is just one of the ones that I can always remember whenever I come here...don't know why.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Dark Scizor: My name is a magic word. I recite it often inside my head.

Perhaps it's time for a little report.

On the third class I made the students write words in hiragana on blackboard for the first time and showed them a version of VIVID with my subtitles. I liked it very much how the lesson went, although I had to point out some mistakes next time. The fourth lesson was as good as the third one. I asked for their favorite animes, mangas, games and movies and they didn't laugh at mine. I showed them an AMV where I had combinated Blind Guardian's 'Valhalla' and the second Pokemon movie.

The day before yesterday, was the last lesson before the autumn break. One thing that sticked in my mind after it was that one student criticized my methods a little. He proposed that I shouldn't teach the character history like I did, I should only deal with the 'primitives' of the kanjis. I hadn't heard the word 'primitive' before when talking about characters but we figured out that it meant the parts of the character, one of them I am accustomed to call a radical. But I asked the other students do they agree and they said I should continue as I had done so I took it as a vote and decided not to change my style.

Oh yes, and it seems nobody has quitted yet, I have only two or three people absent each time, and they aren't the same people every time.

One thing I must think about is whether or not I'll teach a follow-up course next spring. I must have time, knowledge and energy to make it happen.