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It’s back to ‘Emma you’re so red’, ‘Emma why are you so red, are you ok?’, ‘AH! RED! VERY RED FACE!’. Summers in Japan when schools refuse to use the air con \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Emma C.<\/p>\n
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Woke up to a scary roaring sound. No big deal, it’s only THE SKY FALLING. Crazy monsoon alarm clock. – EC<\/p>\n
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The whiteboard at the front of the JHS staff room today says: “NO \u00e6\u00ae\u2039\u00e6\u00a5\u00ad DAY!” I’m really glad that the school is finally telling the teachers to go home at a reasonable time at least one day of the year. I’m taking it to heart and leaving at lunchtime! \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rachel S.<\/p>\n
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Apparently, it only took 3 years for a teacher to build up the courage to ask if my name is spelled with an R or an L.\u00e3\u20ac\u20ac\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Ronaldo Ginsberg<\/p>\n
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Nothing like coming home to an ice cold bottle of jungleman calorie off after a hard days work. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Scott P.<\/p>\n
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Being an adult means that it’s ok for me to just go home and go to bed after work, right? \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Zadie O.<\/p>\n
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Even my English speaking friends don’t understand me…. ‘faff’, ‘hench’ and ‘palava’ are all part of my secret language (with no Brits around). \u00e2\u20ac\u201c EC<\/p>\n
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Those days when you go to the admin office to take a video and get given a full hula set (two actually) just because. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c AO<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0 It Was No Dream<\/i><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n Australian Friends – I had a cherry ripe and it changed my life… What else are you hiding from me?! \u00e2\u20ac\u201c MM<\/p>\n ‘Miss Emma, your clothes are very unusual. They suit your personality’ <\/p>\n As I was walking home with a student, her mother stopped to pick her up and she was so excited to meet me! She said that her daughter is always talking about me happily. \u00c2\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n Compiled by Sean Mulvihill<\/p>\n comic 1 by\u00c2\u00a0Evangeline Neo, visit\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/www.eva.sg\/EN\/comics.html<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0for more<\/span><\/p>\n comic 2 by\u00c2\u00a0Grace Buchele Mineta, visit\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>howibecametexan.com<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0for more<\/span><\/p>\n comic 3 by Mary Cagle, visit http:\/\/www.marycagle.com\/letsspeakenglish\/<\/a> for more<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"Mary](\"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mary-Cagle.jpg\")
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\nMe: ‘….Thank yoouu….?’
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\nIt feels amazing that I could make such an impression on students that they tell their families stories of me. It’s kinda sad that I’ll probably never do anything like this again in my life. Maybe I really should be a teacher\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Caitlin C.<\/p>\n