Boys will be boys

It is refreshing to see that men are the same in every country. Right now Japan is competing in the World Baseball Classic, and everyone is following it. Today was the last day of school, and the students left at lunchtime, so now all the teachers are just hanging around with nothing much to do. So the men are glued to the TV in the corner of the staff room watching Japan vs. Korea. Every few minutes there is an eruption of sound from that side of the room. It's ironic, all last week and yesterday and today, I had nothing to do and was sitting at my desk trying to not fall asleep. Then, today my JTE gave me an assignment, and now I actually have something to do. And this is when the other teachers decide to watch a baseball game in the middle of the day (though to be fair, they're nowhere NEAR as obnoxious as American sports fans. And being form Boston, I know obnoxious sports fans).

My principal is really funny, he's like a little boy (always, actually, but especially while watching the game). Every time something good happens, he jumps up and turns to the rest of the room, like "did you see that? Did you see?" He's carrying a yardstick or something around and swinging it like a baseball bat. But he's doing it with the over-excited happiness of a five year old. It's really amusing. I like him, I'm sad he's going to be leaving. He and a few other teachers are being transfered. This is common in April, when the new year starts. The BOE redistributes teachers all over the district. Both of my JTEs are staying, though. While I think we need to improve our communication to work more effectively together, I really like them both. One of the teachers who is leaving, I just found out, is the music teacher, who I really like. She's retiring I think. Also one of the math teachers who I don't know so well, but who I like, is leaving. The PE teacher is leaving, but I don't know him at all, and he's kind of gruff and has no interest in talking to the ALT I think. 

Tomorrow is the first day of spring break, and I'm going to be spending the time planning my curriculum for next term. It's only a week and a half break, so it's actually the perfect amount of time for what I need to do. I think. I guess I'll see.