It's nearing the end of the school year (everything starts here in April) and that means two things for classes: there are very few of them in the next month, and we start focusing on future-tense. It leads inevitably to the "future plans" unit.
One of the activities we did involved students making a timeline. Most write "get a job" or "go to professional school" instead of "go to university." There's one boy (in the aforementioned two-boy class) who I'm trying to draw out of his shell of teenage-angst. I asked him what he'll go to professional school for.
"Fashion," he said.
In my high school and I suspect many others back home, that's at least a two year sentence for merciless you're-so-gay teasing. While foreigners often comment on the femininity of Japan's men, I give it props that things like this can happen. On the flip side, the discrimination runs deep in other ways.
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Ha! Fashion. I imagine that was your answer when you were in high school.
dude, when are you coming home for good?
*EDIT*
what the hell, i just tried to post this and i got some auto "go to hell, spammer" message.
Posted by: Kristin | February 23, 2006 11:57 AM
You may already know this, but your having issues w/ comment posting. You should do some testing.
~K-Dawg
Posted by: Kristin | February 23, 2006 11:57 AM
Ha! Fashion. I imagine that was your answer when you were in high school.
Not in high school, but I did, when he said that, find myself thinking "if only I knew I liked designing so early on..."
You may already know this, but your having issues w/ comment posting. You should do some testing.
I tested the crap outta that thing. Oddly, you're the first person to get caught by it. It might've been because you left one of the fields blank? Not really sure...
Posted by: Justin | February 23, 2006 4:38 PM