Handmade Maru-Batsu Toy
A science teacher who used to work at my base school, but who still works at a school that I visit regularly, was stoked when I did a reprisal of my Physics Lesson that I originated for Matsuyama Chuo High School’s English Day. I guess he also wanted to thank me for helping him with a research paper he’s trying to get published in an academic journal. (I translated the abstract for him last year.) So what does he do? He gives me this thing. It’s a CD that he’s drilled 4 holes in, 4 paper cubes strung together and anchored to the holes, and arranged in just the right way to make them change consistently between 2 set positions. Print a big maru (circle) on one position and a batsu (an X) on the other, and you get a neat little toy to use during quizzes in the classroom. I think I like it better than the little light-up one I bought that makes sounds!
This was auto-posted. Deas is trying not to eat any Ebola-infested pork while learning to scuba dive in the Philippines right now. He’ll be back in January.
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