spinelstar | Best. Day. Ever. (Or at least so far in Japan)

I had a great day at my elementary school today! I thought it was going to be a lot harder than my Jr. High, because none of the teachers at the elementary schools actually specialize in English. But a lot of the them were actually pretty good at speaking English, and even when they didn't, for some reason my Japanese didn't seem to be as much fail today as it usually is.

But that's not the interesting part!

I was told that the kids were practicing for their sports festival, so I figured there would be a pretty big chunk of time where I'd have nothing to do, except maybe look out the window at them running around outside. But then later I noticed they weren't outside anymore, and the principal comes up to me and asks, "Do you like to dance?"

I was like, "Uh... I guess?" "Do you like Michael Jackson?" "Uh... Yes?"

Turns out that's something the kids are doing for their sports festival-- dancing to Michael Jackson songs! (He's a huge thing over here; I don't get it, lol.) So they take me to the gym and all of the students and some of the teachers are all dancing to "Beat it"! It was pretty much the most adorable thing EVER. I even joined in a little bit, even though I was still in my work clothes.

I am definitely going to this school's sports festival.

I don't care that it's on a Sunday. (Plus, if I do, I get to take that next Tuesday off!)

So, yeah! I had a good day. Tomorrow's back to the junior high, where I'm starting to feel myself slip into more of a routine.