A DAY IN HIGH SCHOOL

HI-SI, BOYS AND GIRLS!!1
OGENKEEDESKA? HOW ARE YOU DOING?? YESTERDAY I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL ALL DAY. IT WAS GREAT! I DON'T THINK THAT IT WAS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, EXCEPT THAT THE KIDS SPEAK JAPANESE. THEY WEAR UNIFORMS, THEY ALL HAVE CELL PHONES, THEY LIKE ROCK AND ROLL AND RAP MUSIC. THEY WERE VERY HAPPY TO SEE US AND TO MEET US. SOME GIRLS I SPOKE TO WERE SO CUTE AND I SHOWED THEM AVI'S PICTURE. "OOOOH, HE'S NICE," THEY SAID. THEN THEY LAUGHED AND LAUGHED WHEN I TOLD HIM HE WAS THEIR AGE. I HEARD KIDS SINGING IN MUSIC CLASS AND PLAYING GUITARS. I SAW KIDS LEARNING ENGLISH, SCIENCE, MATH AND JAPANESE. THEY ALSO HAVE TO CLEAN THE SCHOOLS RIGHT AFTER LUNCH. I THINK ALL OF JAPAN DOES THIS. JUST LIKE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE CHILDREN STANDS WHEN THE TEACHER WALKS IN. I REALLY LIKE THAT CUSTOM! ALMOST EVERYBODY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPATES IN SPORTS. I MET A 9TH GRADER WHO IS THE NUMBER ONE CHILD IN TRACK IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. SHE IS BEING PREPARED FOR THE 2012 OLYMPICS. THAT WAS EXCITING! SHE PRACTICES 3 HOURS EVERY MORNING BEFORE SCHOOL AND THEN AGAIN AFTER SCHOOL. I HOPE SHE MAKES IT!

YOU WILL SEE LOTS OF PHOTOS ABOUT MY DAY IN HIGH SCHOOL. I WANT TO POINT OUT THE BIG STATUES. THEY ARE CALLED LION DOGS. YES, YOU ARE READING RIGHT: LION DOGS. THEY ARE ALL OVER OKINAWA AND I MEAN ALL OVER!! THE MALE STATUE HAS HIS MOUTH OPEN, THIS IS TO LET OUT ALL THE BAD WORDS AND THOUGHTS. THE FEMALE STATUE HAS HER MOUTH CLOSE, THIS IS TO KEEP IN ANY BAD WORDS AND THOUGHTS. THE OKINAWANS BELIEVE IN THESE STATUES AND USUALLY HAVE THEM GUARDING THEIR SCHOOLS, HOMES AND BUSINESSES. I LIKE WHAT THEY STAND FOR!! WE NEED TO PRACTICE WHAT THE OKINAWANS BELIEVE IN: KEEP BAD THOUGHTS AND WORDS IN YOUR HEAD!! CAN YOU FIND ME IN THE TEACHER PICTURE?

THAT'S IT FOR NOW!! ENJOY THE NEW PHOTOS!! I AM GOING TO BED, SINCE IT IS ALMOST 11:00. I WILL SAY: OYASOOMEE NASI! WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT MEANS?
LOVE,
YOUR SENSAI