Friday, January 25, 2008

A "Photoessay" of Zamami School

Photoessay is in quotations because photoessays are supposed to be pretty. These are just photos. Scroll down and click to enlarge to see Zamami school, teaching, the teachers' room, and the cafeteria.



Zamami school from near the entrance, looking over our 200 meter track.


A closer view of the school. The teachers' room, offices, and gym are the buildings to the right.


This is my first/second grade English class during a game (which my sister might recognize - thanks Kristin!).


Junior high English is a bit more sterile. Shizuko-sensei is teaching 7th grade here.


The teachers' room. I have a desk but no computer, which is understandable since I am here only one of every three weeks.


The students fix the plates of food for each other and the teachers eat with their students.


I eat with the fifth grade.


A very typical lunch. There was fish, rice, and milk, but don't ask me what the rest was.

4 comments:

nchan said...

hmmmm....your lunch picture:
the rice bowl should be placed to the left of the soup bowl. chopsticks should be placed the other way around, with the ends that touch the food pointing towards the left.

Dave said...

i'll pass that along to the kids serving me... :)

Dave said...

naomi, i have started paying attention and most of the students do put the trays together as per your direction. everybody who gets a tray prepared by dave must know it when they first sit down!

nchan said...

nice. :D