The End?

I finish teaching the last of my classes today, at least the ones here at KTC. Normally we'd be busy with grading final papers and tests. Then we'd finish up the grading and say "Have a nice summer" and take off on our different paths. This year is a bit different.



Someone got the fine idea of "offering" our teaching services to a large number of elementary schools in Kanazawa. We had to cut off the requests because there was so much response. Two of our "Exam Days" are now filled with visits to 1st, 2nd, and 5th grade classes. Teaching at elementary schools makes no sense for us what-so-ever. When we do special visits to JR High schools I can understand that, since it is a recruitment visit. What 1st grader is going to remember that teachers from KTC came to teach them English, and more generally why would an engineering student choose a school based on their English program anyhow? Why don't we send math, engineering, and science teachers out more? Just because they might suck at teaching doesn't mean that we should have to go galavanting around Kanazawa as the PR saviors for this school.



OK, not all of this rant is fair, but on the other hand, they aren't really that concerned about fairness in our favor. I understand now why some folks can't wait to start a business of their own: just so they don't have to obey the stupid orders of "the man".