JAPANESE SCIENCE TEACHER'S BLOG

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CLASS

THE PRESSURE

At my high school, a head of the career department puts a lot of pressure on us to get at least 15 students in our class into national universities. National universities? That's not what's important, I think.

THE QUESTIONS FOR THE ENTRANCE EXAM

From tomorrow, students will solve the questions for the university entrance exam. 4 months later, they will finish solving all the questions from major Japanese companies. Again, I'll give them some advice using PowerPoint (see below).

THE 3RD GRADE BIOLOGY CLASS WAS OVER

The 3rd grade biology class was finally over. For a year and a half, I taught all my classes with PowerPoint. It was hard !

A STUDENT

After school, a student came to me and said, "I've changed my school of choice to Waseda University." I told him, "Do your best." I think he is a reliable student.

A RECOMMENDATION LETTER

Today, I wrote a recommendation letter for university entrance exam. Tomorrow, I will write another one.

SILVER WEEK

It's Silver Week soon. During Silver Week, I will write recommendation letters for university entrance exams. I will write them at home with Tori-chan.

ZANSHO-OMIMAI MOUSHQIAGEMASU

I sent this e-mail to everyone in my class today, but no one has read it. I am sad.

FACE-TO-FACE

I had my final three-way meeting with a student and his mother. She was a monster parent from whom I received a complaint. So I prepared well yesterday. However, today we were a good match and had a nice conversation. After all, human rela…

CLOSE CONTACTS OF COVID-19

It seems that a student in my class was a close contact of Covid-19. His parents don't say it clearly. I think they are selfish. They have the right to remain silent, but I want them to tell the school. I have a three-way meeting with them…

SHOCHUU-OMIMAI MOUSHIAGEMASU

It's been very hot in Japan, how are you? I hope that this summer will be a great one for you!

SUMMER VACATION HAS COME

I've been busy until today. 8:00-9:50 preparation for classes, 10:00-12:10 classes, 12:10-12:40 cleaning, 13:00-15:30 meeting with parents and students, 15:30-17:00 preparation for tomorrow. But no classes from tomorrow, so summer vacation…

COMPLAINT FROM A PARENT

Today, there was only one student who was absent from summer school. I explained to the class that he was absent because his family had a close contact with a corona infection. Then, in the evening, I received a complaint from that parent.…

THIRD DAY OF THE THREE-WAY MEETING

Today I had 10 three-way meetings.I got tired of the three-way meeting.

THE FIRST SEMESTER IS OVER

Today, the first semester is over. I'm happy with the comments from the students. I hope this happiness will last forever.

SCHOOL REFUSAL

It's been 2 weeks since one of my students stopped coming to school. It seems that he can't come to school because he doesn't have the energy to do his assignments. I don't like to admit my lack of leadership, but it can't be helped when h…

MY STUDENT

It's been 9 days since my student started to be absent. Yesterday he did some work, but today he has become closed to both his family and me.

TEACHER'S LEADERSHIP

A student scored 51 on the modern literature exam, 48 on geography and 0 on chemistry. This means that the chemistry teacher's leadership is too poor.

HOME VISIT

It's been a week since one of my students stopped coming to school. Today, I made a home visit. It seems that he can't come to school because he doesn't have the energy to do his assignments. I wish he had a doctor's note.

I'M DISAPPOINTED

It's been 9 days since my student started to be absent. I'm disappointed because I believed he would come this week.

HAPPIEST MORNING

Every morning, when I enter the classroom, a student greets me, "Good morning".I think this may be the happiest morning of my life.

INTERVIEW WEEK

I finally finished the personal interviews with the 45 students in our class that started in April. The interview week will start again next week.

BECOME MORE FRIENDLY !

The first and second graders are friendly as they try to build good relationships to enjoy their high school life in the future. On the other hand, the third graders are a little unfriendly. I hope that the third graders will also build go…

INTRODUCE MYSELF TO MY STUDENTS

I have been a teacher for over 30 years and will be retiring from teaching in five years. I'm going to do volunteer work overseas in the field of science education. That's why I'm studying English very hard. The real purpose of volunteerin…

CLOSING CEREMONY

My class has dosbanded. Thank you for making my class fun !

A GRADUATE CAME TO SCHOOL

A graduate came to school. Originally, he had a cheerful personality. A year ago, however, he failed his entrance exam and became a dark personality. He seems to have improved his grades this year. He told me that he was about to pass the …

SCHOOL IS FUN

School is fun. Today, I taught lessons, cleaned classroom and prepared for the entrance exam with students. Students are so cute ! I'm enjoying school. It's like I'm watching a drama or dreaming.

SOME STUDENTS MAY BE FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE

High school students, needless to say, are young and sensitive. Some students may be falling in love with love. I think it is the most fun to talk with them.

HAAGEN-DAZS

The other day, my class took second place in a sports competition. So I decided to give them Haagen-Dazs. They were happy to eat them.

FIRST DAY AND LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

Today is the first day of school, and may be the last day. Our school is closed again from tomorrow.

NEW CLASS WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY

I was in charge of the Class 6 of the second grade. It's the same as two years ago.