Mongolia and the Kama Sutra Scribble

After learning about Mongolian culture last year, I gave my 2nd year students (8th grade in the US) short composition sheets with different images of Mongolia and asked them to describe what they would do there using the future tense. Afterwards we made a big bulletin board outside the English classroom my JTE and I had begged the Kocho Sensei (Principal) for. Usually, in Japan, teachers change rooms while students stay in their homeroom.

I rediscovered this gem today in a pile of old papers.

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This is Mongolian Wrestlers. I don't like this.

Because I don't like naked men.

I won't see Mongolian Wrestlers.

Of course I won't play Mongolian Wrestlers

But, I will go to Mongolia.

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Shortly thereafter, I discovered this on one of the students desks while we were in the midst of a conversation lesson...

And speaking of naked men...

This comes only a week after one of the sweetest 3rd grade (9th in the US) boys in the whole school invited me to the library during hiru yasumi (recess) to show me the school collection of Disney's books in Engish. Of course it was right about then that the crew that I usually play basketball with came looking for me, and finding me in the library, quickly set to work searching through a shelf of books. I was so impressed that they were giving up their beloved b-ball time to read, until one of them tapped me on the shoulder and pointed to a certain nether region on Michealangelo's famous statue of David in an art encyclopedia.

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"Melissa, what's this?"

"Hmm...Yabai." I said, trying to think of a plan of escape. The rest of the crew gathered around, waiting anxiously for my reply.

"Melissa..." he said reassuringly, sensing my fear "Ok, Ok. Doctor's word Ok."

"Doctor's word is Ok?" I asked, still stalling and hoping for a reprieve. " Ok. What is the doctor's word in Japanese?"

"Dansei!" He calmy answered, and then sensing a bit of reverse pedegogy on my part, smiled and tried to translate it into Enlglish himslef.

"Dan nan no de...Man! No no! Man- ZU! Man-zu sei...Sei...Sei..PART! Man's part!"

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By now, all the boys in the library were gathered around us in anticipation. We all bust out laughing. The sense of accomplishment on his face was priceless.

Eventually I told them the "doctor's word," which has and promises to lead to even more interesting eikaiwas (english conversations)...

BREAKING NEWS: Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt is born!

OH!
MY!
GOD!

"The night of May 27, 2006 in Namibia, Africa, Angelina Jolie and Brad
Pitt welcomed their daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt. No further
information is being given" Angelina's publicist Cindy Guagenti has
stated.

No photos are being released at this time.

Congratulations Brad and Angelina!

Look out world, the woman who may take Aishwarya Rai's title of "Most
beautiful woman in the world" may have just been born!

More news to come....
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Kate Moss does NOT like being photographed

Kate Moss lashed out at the paparazzi trying to get a sneaky photo of her recently. Kate apparently kicked and cursed at the photographers before lighting up a cigarette and walking calmly away.

Now, from anyone normal, or Weseal McWeaslface Sienna Miller, I would not tolerate this sort of behaviour, but with Kate I feel like she is justified. The woman is photographed 24/7 for her job, she doesn't want to take her job home with her! If you worked in a fish shop would you want people hurling catfish at you in the street? I think not!

Also, Kate's demeanor is like a mischevious, chain smoking 5 year old..she could literally come up and kick me in the face and I would still roll her a cigarette and tell her to run off and play with her dolls like a good little girl!