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My predecessor , according to people who knew him, made his job sound 'pretty cooshy,' and apparently didn't have that much work. For instance, he would often take naps up in LL's back room. Perhaps he made use of the television there.
He had a motorcycle, which was stolen while he was vacationing in Italy during his summer break, after which he bought a car and moved to his family's apartment in Nara.
So obviously his family was quite rich (confirmed by other AETs who knew him), and he worked at a different school than I do now. Despite being my predecessor.
Because I manage to be busy all day. And I come in early. And I leave late. And I don't have time to visit the library, or study Japanese, or help the kids clean, or join clubs, or watch sports practice, or any of the thousand things AETs are supposed to do with their spare time at school. Because I don't have any spare time at school.
I did allow myself about an hour's break from making up magazine scavenger hunts (tabloids kill my soul) to talk to the music teacher. I heard him playing the piano at lunch (while I was waiting for students to show up for their speaking tests), and I made a point to stop and compliment him on it that afternoon. Which led to some discussion of music, though limited by my extremely poor Japanese and his somewhat better but not astounding English. But he likes Irish music, and I like it as well (I lent him one of my CDs), and he can play the piano by ear (he claims that he isn't good at it at all, which is obviously a lie). He played me my favorite track from the CD I lent him. And a bunch of other things-- the theme from Titanic, for instance, which I sang snatches of while he played (what little I could remember of it, anyway. He said my voice was quite good, another obvious lie, but kind of him). And then we went through classical composers and pieces that we liked (more random piano provided by said music teacher). Never have I been so grateful for my experience playing in orchestra and my childhood living with Irish- and classical-music-loving parents.
He also likes Simon and Garfunkel, amusingly enough. His favorite song is Bridge over Troubled Waters, which he was able to sing. In English, yes. He sang parts of Scarborough Faire, too, when I said that it was my favorite.
He can also sing opera, and has a rather incredible voice. Not that he'll admit it. He plays piano, but his main instrument is drum set-- he's a percussionist. He plays piano, "only a little." Also on his "only a little" list were xylaphone, bells, various other percussion instruments, trumpet, guitar, koto . . . if they're on the same level as his piano playing, it's nothing short of astounding.
I should really do a better job of remembering his name.
He had a motorcycle, which was stolen while he was vacationing in Italy during his summer break, after which he bought a car and moved to his family's apartment in Nara.
So obviously his family was quite rich (confirmed by other AETs who knew him), and he worked at a different school than I do now. Despite being my predecessor.
Because I manage to be busy all day. And I come in early. And I leave late. And I don't have time to visit the library, or study Japanese, or help the kids clean, or join clubs, or watch sports practice, or any of the thousand things AETs are supposed to do with their spare time at school. Because I don't have any spare time at school.
I did allow myself about an hour's break from making up magazine scavenger hunts (tabloids kill my soul) to talk to the music teacher. I heard him playing the piano at lunch (while I was waiting for students to show up for their speaking tests), and I made a point to stop and compliment him on it that afternoon. Which led to some discussion of music, though limited by my extremely poor Japanese and his somewhat better but not astounding English. But he likes Irish music, and I like it as well (I lent him one of my CDs), and he can play the piano by ear (he claims that he isn't good at it at all, which is obviously a lie). He played me my favorite track from the CD I lent him. And a bunch of other things-- the theme from Titanic, for instance, which I sang snatches of while he played (what little I could remember of it, anyway. He said my voice was quite good, another obvious lie, but kind of him). And then we went through classical composers and pieces that we liked (more random piano provided by said music teacher). Never have I been so grateful for my experience playing in orchestra and my childhood living with Irish- and classical-music-loving parents.
He also likes Simon and Garfunkel, amusingly enough. His favorite song is Bridge over Troubled Waters, which he was able to sing. In English, yes. He sang parts of Scarborough Faire, too, when I said that it was my favorite.
He can also sing opera, and has a rather incredible voice. Not that he'll admit it. He plays piano, but his main instrument is drum set-- he's a percussionist. He plays piano, "only a little." Also on his "only a little" list were xylaphone, bells, various other percussion instruments, trumpet, guitar, koto . . . if they're on the same level as his piano playing, it's nothing short of astounding.
I should really do a better job of remembering his name.
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