Sensei, please get it together!!
– Atsuki-kun, 7 years old
Atsuki-kun was not impressed when I burst out laughing after Rintaro-kun guessed that a dog that was supposed to indicate “sad” indicated “sorry”. I guess it did look a bit like it was groveling, but I also think this was a surprising manifestation of cultural differences! His matter of fact delivery also added to the humor. ごめんね、あつきくん！
In other news, the 2nd grade class gave a collective, sad sounding “class is over already?!” at 5:30 today when I told them it was time to say goodbye, so I’m going to chalk that up as a huge Monday win.
Kelsey Lost in Asia 