Entries this day: Study Work

Study

9:19am JST Sunday 20 June 2004

Two days ago, Jessica loaned me the CDs for my ¤²¤ó¤­ Japanese book. I asked Hitomi to buy some blank CDs so I could copy them.

Yesterday Roscoe loaned me a analog stereo cable to connect my tape recorder to my computer so I can copy the Chinese tape onto my computer. I'd like to be able to listen to the recordings on repeat while I'm sleepin'.

Too tired last night to do much studying, but Hitomi and I read my Doraemon English/Japanese comic, helping each other with the appropriate languages.

Today I brought all my books for studying, the tape recorder, my computer... we'll see what I end up studying. Usually I get at least a few minutes of studying done when I have a late student. My breaks are the same as Jesse's so we usually play hackey sack instead of study at those times.

Work

8:39pm JST Sunday 20 June 2004

Just finished work. It was aight, um, I was again unimpressed by Hiromi's lack of studying, but we tried again to pass the level up test for lesson 3 and this time I wrote down all her answers, and circled in green ink the correct ones and circled in red ink the incorrect ones and then we went through the answers to try and make some corrections stick in her head. I don't know what will stick, but we'll see. I asked her to bring the pages back. She didn't understand so I asked her in Japanese. She understood that way. There's some sort of goodness in that.

The next sudent was also at the end of book 3 and even though he had one lesson with me while Hiromi had had two lessons, I tried to finish the book and rush him through the level up test in some sort of attempt to prove that it is possible to do both... I know it's possible.. In some sort of attempt to have a successful lesson. or something like that.

But in a way, I think the lesson with Hiromi was successful because I got her to understand if she gives me a 5-5 online, I will send her a postcard.

Junko looks like she's become a 5-5 giver. That's awesome.

5-5s equal 1000 yen extra pay (per 5-5 lesson)

I read a bit about the history of Houston, cause today was the second time the topic has come up and I've come up empty brained. I dunno. 1836 founded by the Allen Brothers (captial B?) and lots of problems and all that. I knew these vaguely, but now I know-ish some dates. Oh, they bought 6000+ acres for $9000. Fuckin wow.