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\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh I almost forgot to tell you, today\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Who hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t started a sentence using these exact words during their time on the JET program? Facing situations that most of our friends and family back home would simply find odd or unbelievable has in many ways become routine for us here in Japan. However, there are still those moments that give us pause and force us to remember where we are and what we are doing. Romantic poet John Keats may have put it best when he said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and during our JET experiences many unlikely things have indeed become a reality.<\/p>\n
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Tis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 the season<\/i><\/p>\n
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Thought I went to work without an umbrella… find one in my bag just as I venture into a typhoon; typhoon destroys umbrella. Well played. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Louie B.<\/p>\n
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I despise nature. It’s mosquito season. When I’m in charge, I’m going to concrete over everything. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Scott P.<\/p>\n
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My Wednesday ES has air con installed in the English room\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 but it can’t be used until September. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rachel S<\/p>\n
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87% humidity…. No. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Maia M.<\/p>\n
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Yesterday I went tea leaf picking. There were mosquitoes. Today I can read braille off my arms… \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Anonymous<\/p>\n
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JTE: Just like I cannot control my wife, you cannot control the weather. \u00e2\u20ac\u201cSP<\/p>\n
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Just because it’s cloudy outside doesn’t mean you don’t need air conditioning in the bus\/train. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c RS<\/p>\n
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Welcome to the Monkey House<\/i><\/p>\n
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Teacher: Do you know Imaneru Kanto?<\/p>\n
Me: …Immanuel Kant? A little bit.<\/p>\n
Teacher: You are my Immanuel Kant.<\/p>\n
Me: Oh?<\/p>\n
Teacher: Every day, people saw him walking at 5:00, so they all said, “Oh, it’s 5:00!” Everyday, when you stand up, I know, “Oh, it is 3:55.” You are Immanuel Kant. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Ronaldo Ginsberg.<\/p>\n
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Today, a kid had a tooth fall out during class, and asked me if I wanted it as a present. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Natalie B.<\/p>\n
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My school has taco rice for lunch during the summer. Life made. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Brittany T.<\/p>\n
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Please take a moment of your time to complete this short ESL questionnaire I found on the internet:<\/p>\n
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Would you ever pretend to be someone (like a policeman, or a teacher, or a survey taker) just to get something that you wanted?<\/p>\n
Would you ever drink your own urine?<\/p>\n
Would you ever cheat on your husband\/wife?<\/p>\n
Would you ever consider being a criminal?<\/p>\n
Would you ever adopt a child? Would you ever give your child up for adoption?<\/p>\n
Would you ever eat rat meat? \u00e2\u20ac\u201c SP<\/p>\n
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Two ducks have started hanging out at my school’s pool in the mornings (maybe staying there at night?). This is the best thing to happen since the vending machine people switched from only having one row of the good coffee milks to two rows (maybe even better). \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Zadie O<\/p>\n
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Making my 2\u00e5\u00b9\u00b4\u00e7\u201d\u0178 try Vegemite as a batsu game. A few guys actually scrubbed their mouths out afterwards. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Cailtin C.<\/p>\n
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6th grader: Rachel-Sensei, your eyes are blue. Does that mean you see blue all the time? \u00e2\u20ac\u201c RS<\/p>\n
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Three new student teachers doing teaching training for the next few weeks, and they’re all major eye candy… Jesus take the wheel… \u00e2\u20ac\u201c MM.<\/p>\n
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There was a kid wearing a Blink 182 shirt in class today. I asked him “Where did you get that shirt?” and he literally replied “My homies” \u00e2\u20ac\u201c NB<\/p>\n
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Idyllic Mayhem<\/i><\/p>\n
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The best part of Hiroshima style Okonomiyaki is that it looks like the unwanted child of a mop and a soiled dish sponge and is delicious. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c RG<\/p>\n
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Adult life is when you spend $20.00 on cheese. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c NB<\/p>\n
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A small part of me dies each time I check the Yen to Dollar exchange rate.\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Erik J.<\/p>\n
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The shelf life of care package Reese’s is measured in hours not days. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Josh P.<\/p>\n
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Spent \u00c2\u00a515,000 at 100\u00c2\u00a5 stores in 3 days… So. Many. Cute. Post-its. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c NB<\/p>\n
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I spend 10 minutes looking longingly at $7 strawberries and $3 apples debating if they’re worth the purchase \u00e2\u20ac\u201c MM<\/p>\n
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Compiled by Sean Mulvihill<\/p>\n
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If you have any quotes, comments, or situations you think best represent JET life, please feel free to send them into hyogotimespublications@gmail.com<\/a> and share them with us all.<\/p>\n