A day in the life of an ALT

You come to Japan planning to stay here for one year, time slips by and slowly one year creeps into two, then two creeps into “I don’t know when.”  For most part this reason is due to the relatively easy, active and drunk lifestyle we have been provided with by our job.  To kill boredom during the day, emails are sent back and forth to each other.  One day our company sent an email reminding all teachers that:

An instructor shall avoid personal association with students.  He must not, for personal reasons, meet with any student, outside of the school environment/premises.

Associating with students outside of the school environment may cause the student to form improper ideas about the association.  It may also leave damaging perceptions with people within the school community, such as students, teachers, school officials, PTA members and others living in the neighborhood.  Teachers and assistant teachers should not be seen to show any favoritism towards any students.

After seeing this email I immediately accused my friend of committing this offence and went on to question him about it.  Below contains the telephone banter between us.

that email maxceed sentabout socialising with students was directed at you wasnt it?

LOL! i actually was afraid for a second when i read that. then i remembered no students have my contact info and there’s nothing about my job on facebook or anything.AND most importantly, i havent done anything.

bu i did write a poem to ******Aoki as part of a fax on monday. and i thought the email was gonna scold about how we act toward staff during office hours or somethin. it was hilariously cheesy and came off the top of my head like a minute b4 i faxed my for. i’ll email u a copy

here we go, hold back ur tears.

Her name
is Aoki.
The blue tree that
standing strong in the wind
maintains its beauty and
bears the sweetest of fruit.
The End.

i think she might fall for me

i cried before i opened the mail. i wonder if you cracked the steel expression off her face.
i got caught drinking beer and smoking walking from school to the station. luckily the email didnt mention alcohol

i wonder too, but ice cold Aoki prolly cant b cracked.

lol, damn! how were u caught?

they said hello

drink in hand, lol, excellent.

whachu doin now? done?

i wish. have to record tests. dying for a onecup…

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