October 1, 2011 - Work Continues, Last Party,
Exhausted.
This is now the second consecutive month of working on the
adjacent house almost every day from about 7:00 am until
about 5:00 pm. Doing this while watching two year old Shai
from 8:00 am until 6:00 pm and sometimes later, Monday thru
Friday. Totally exhausted at this point and hoping to find
the energy to finish all the work which need to be done. End
of the month was a crazy Halloween party which turned out to
be the last party until who knows when.
October 14, 2011 - Email
Message -
Ikuko.
This email was written before class.
Hi. I really want you to understand about the classes. Actually the reason for
you coming to the classes was to get the chance to meet. You realize it is
better for the students if the classes are totally in English. If you are in the
classes it is too easy for the students to depend on you. Was kind of
disappointed you could not meet the other night. Really want to talk to you
about all this in detail instead of talking a few minutes in the street. Want to
talk about many things. Find some time to talk. Send email when you can.
October 15, 2011 - Email
Message -
Ikuko.
Hi. I want to really be straight with you. When you came to the house for the
last class it was obvious you were upset. When class was finished you walked out
of the house very quickly and seemed irritated. Akiko noticed your attitude
easily and was not happy. We talked about it during lunch. We decided it is not
fair to the students if you come to the class like this. I was not comfortable
teaching the beginning class. Really wanted to talk about all this with you
directly. Anyway it would be better for you not to be an assistant in the
beginning class anymore. Hopefully you understand about this. Send email when
you can.
October 16, 2011 - Email
Message -
Hey I really cannot believe your attitude. I talked with Akiko and showed your
email and she cannot believe it either. Honestly you are acting like a child. We
appreciate you assisting in the classes and getting the beginning student but
recently your behavior is affecting the students and my ability to teach. You
were given the chance to meet to discuss this and you said no. Talking to you in
the street was the only choice besides email to explain the situation to you.
Beginning Class
It was perfectly fine for you to stay in this class until this past class. You
acted unprofessionally and showed your irritated attitude to the students and to
me. Even when I asked you to repeat a word a couple times you said “mou ii” and
would not do it which Akiko said was unacceptable for you to do in the class.
Then when leaving the house you barely acknowledged Akiko. Quite honestly it
does not matter to me and Akiko what you say to your sister and to the students.
It will be explained to them you were rude and unprofessional and this it the
reason for not keeping you in the class as an assistant.
Intermediate Class
The students both agreed it was better for them with you not in the class. They
are paying for English instruction and I need to respect their needs and not
yours. This was a BUSINESS DECISION and not personal and you should realize this
if you were acting like an adult.
You seem to look at things only from your side anytime. You forget the very
important fact it was a benefit for you to attend a couple hours of English
classes FOR FREE all these months. When we began the school we gave your family
the option of joining the classes for only 4000 yen. All of you seemed excited
about the offer and were interested in learning English but none of you enrolled
in the classes. This was really a disappointment for us but we did not say
anything to you and your family all this time.
Quite honestly contacting the other students about this is unprofessional and
immature. All you are doing is creating an uncomfortable situation for everyone.
For many months me and Akiko made parties and tried to create a fun and
different environment for everyone. As a Japanese person Akiko really
understands the stresses of Japanese people and wanted to create a situation
where everyone could relax. Because of you contacting the other students it
might be difficult for us to invite everyone to the parties now.
I found it interesting you are upset about not receiving thanks for being an
assistant. I can understand your thinking because for three weeks total time
within the last year was working on the vacant land next to our house. Even with
other men and boys in the neighborhood nobody offered to help. Nobody even
offered a drink or anything and no thanks. When the work was finished the boys
played in the yard and the neighbors relatives parked a car there even though
they did nothing and it is not even their property.
Then me and Akiko were nice enough to arrange for the recycle company to come to
this neighborhood and told the neighbors to put their stuff. I spent a couple
days VERY NEATLY arranging the materials to make it easy for the recycle guy.
Then early in the morning the neighbors literally threw their GARBAGE in messy
piles all over the front of the yard. Then me and the recycle guy needed to take
time to sort through the GARBAGE to separate out the recyclable materials due to
the inconsiderate behavior of the neighbors. Actually me and Akiko were both
pissed about it and decided not to arrange this type of situation again.
You are not the only one who is upset about all this and you need to realize
this. All of us are sad, disappointed, and pissed about things but you seem to
be the only person complaining about it. It will be difficult for everyone to be
good with each other from now.
October 29, 2011 -
Facebook Event -
Annual Halloween Party -
Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 2:00 PM |
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