Deas in Action
Here’s a news segment about Matsuyama Chuo High School’s wonderful “English Day” event. For some reason, my physics class seems to have jumped into the spotlight for this clip. For those of you back home who wonder what kind of job I do…this is more or less what I do.
on July 25th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Hey kiddo. You look great. I can’t believe seeing you teaching school. I feel so old! Miss you. Love, Aunt Cathy
on July 25th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
I didn’t see you throw chalk at any foreheads, or pull any ears. And where is your paddle? How can you teach without a good bum swatter?
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on July 25th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
wow! Those students’ English is sooo good. But maybe I just have low expectations since I teach Middle School haha.
on July 25th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Aunt Cathy - thanks for the comment! Ha ha. I feel old myself, now that I’m teaching school… Miss you too.
Clay - see, I decided to avoid my harsh freakout punishment type activities while the TV crew was present.
(And actually…I don’t do that…the worst I did was shoot every student with the air gun, to their great amusement.)
Kathy - they are a talented bunch of students, alright. But it’s a super English high school, with special funding for some activities. It’s not your average classroom - hence the news coverage.
on July 25th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Deas, that is so neat.
And wow. You really look like a real teacher there
Wish I coulda been there!
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on July 25th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Deas! That’s amazing to watch … You look like one of the teachers I would’ve paid attention to in school. I hope you’re doing well! (It certainly looks like it!)
on July 25th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Chuck - it’s too bad you weren’t there! You’d have had a blast. And I guess I’m glad I look like a real teacher there. It means my disguise is working nicely… Mwa ha ha ha.
Chris - hey! Thanks so much for the compliment. I’m doing quite well. How are you doing? It’s been a long while!
on July 25th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
That’s a clip to treasure and show your grandkids! Must have been nice teaching something other than English, if only for a day.
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on July 25th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Wow! That was great Deas! I wonder… can I.. you know.. join your class. I’m not really good with science and I need some help. In English preferably.. Haha.
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on July 26th, 2008 at 2:35 am
wow. you’re like a real live grown up with a real live job. That’s so cool. ;o) Someday, I’ll grow up too.
on July 28th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Nick - thanks to the wonder of the internet, keeping it for posterity should be a snap! (Or a file download.) I just have to make sure I keep a copy in a dominant format.
Jordan - thanks for the kind words! Feel free to join my class. Or do what I do in my spare time and watch Professor Walter Lewin’s physics courses from MIT’s open courseware program. (No…really.) They’re available on iTunes.
Emily - “real live jobs” and being a “real live grown-up” are soooo overrated. I vote we catch lizards, drink honeysuckle tea, ride the fig tree / imaginary dinosaurs, get Kevin Costner action figures stuck on the roof when his plastic bag parachute works too well, etc. in perpetuity.
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on July 28th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Nice work Deas. You do seem like a proper teacher there. But I also agree that the real world and real jobs are entirely overrated. Here’s a quote from a novel I came across recently that I’ve been bandying about to justify my total lack of a career plan:
“I know I ought to be getting money out of people, or devoting myself to things I don’t care a straw about, but somehow I’ve not been able to begin.”
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on July 28th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Ah yes, I’ve dabbled a bit in the open courseware program myself! You are not alone. Very nice indeed.
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on July 30th, 2008 at 1:06 am
Deas- You look great. You seem to be having fun! Do you have year round school? Miss you,
Aunt Mimi