Japan Journey

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This is a quite a bit of what I've been experiencing during my stay in Japan. It covers various things from: school, to life, to feelings, to questions about Japan etc. If you have a question of your own send me an email and I'll see what I can do for you. Hope you enjoy, if not ...your bummer.

What is the JET Programme? Take a flight on the Jet Programme. Interested in teaching in Japan and you don't speak Japanese???

A list of stuff

General Information
Each Month
Brief Job Description
The introduction speech

Hello.

General Information:

Departed: July 20, 1997 (Sun.)	Arrived: July 21, 1997 (Mon.)	JPNese Knowledge B4 I left...
Home addresses and phone: Esuto Sawa 102 3-2-47 Hon-cho,Asaka-shi 351-0011 JAPAN H:(048)469-3883 GaryPloski@usa.net ***Please only send letters and envelopes no larger than the size of a magazine to this address. Thank you	Work Address and phone/fax: Asaka City Board of Edcation 1-1-1 Hon-cho, Asaka-shi 351-0011 JAPAN H:048-463-2434 F:048-467-4716 ***If you are planning on sending a package, PLEASE send packages to this address. Thank you	Speaking-About 10 words, maybe. Reading- One character of Hiragana. Culture/Society- A good understanding because I went to school with Japanese students in the states at Teikyo Post Univ.

***NOTE***
If you are calling from another country DO NOT dial the first zero in the area code.
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What happened... Each Month.

July 97	August	September	October	November	December 97
January 98	February	March	April	May	June 98
July/August	August-January

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Brief Job description: (brief)

I am working in 5 junior high schools in the city of Asaka, in the prefecture of Saitama. I will work at each school for 2 weeks. Within each school there are 3 grade levels: ichi-nensei (1st grade), ni-nensei (2nd grade), and san-nensei (3rd grade). The ages of the students range from 13-15. Each grade has a number of classes. For Example: 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-2. That is the set-up of the number 5 junior high school which is called go-chu. I hope that is enough information to help you come up with questions about school life.

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The Intro. Introduction Speech:

GOOOD MORNING!!!! (i try to get everyone to respond with good morning, a few times if i need to) Hi, my name is Gary Ploski and I am from a small town called Prospect, in the state Connecticut. I am very happy to be here in Japan and to be here in the gym of (school number) with all of you!

In Prospect I live with my mom and her boyfriend. They are probably home right now, maybe watching t.v. -- im jealous. My girlfriend is going to school at Teikyo Post University, maybe she's studying. I just graduated from Teikyo Post University in Connecticut, so I am only 22 years old. I am the youngest teacher in all of Asaka.

Some things I like are: soccer, tonkatsu, rice, volleyball, movies, music, japanese mayonnaise, american comic books and toys. I look forward to teaching with all of you. I hope we have fun in class, yoroshiku onegaishimas.

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