Yesterday at Daisho Gakuen we started the day off with three Japanese classes. Even though we did not understand most of what was said it was still interesting to see what a Japanese class in Japan was like. During the first Japanese class we learnt new kanji and was provided sentences that used them. In the second Japanese class we read sentences. In the third and final Japanese class we had a combination of both kanji and sentence writing. The next class was physical education. We played softball and started off with catching and throwing. After we were comfortable we took turns catching, pitching, batting and fielding. Before we knew it period 4 was over. It was lunch time. We were offered a choice of either beef or pork. Lunch was usually provided with miso soup and a bowl of rice. After we ate our lunch at the cafeteria we returned to our classroom to await our next class which was social studies. The teacher told us a little about himself and told us that he has been teaching social studies at Daisho Gakuen for 28 years. The last class was English. Similar to Mazenod’s own Japanese class, Daisho’s English class do listening tasks. They listen to the CD and fill in the blanks. Since the school festival is coming up our class practiced their routine after the English class. We got to watch their performances. Everyone liked dancing and had a great time practising. Since our host sisters do not participate in club activities we had free time before we had to go home. I decided to play basketball in the school gymnasium. The day was overall positive and we had a great time!
By Vinh Nguyen
