Today in school we had many students missing due to the big sports tournaments, which is quite normal of course. Along with those students the coaches also go of course, leaving their classes for the day. The students practice all year for this tournament so it is a big big day! With the coaches gone (quite a few actually) other teachers have to fill in the classes. At our school, and Japan in general most likely, there is nothing like a substitute teacher. The other full time teachers at the school must fill in for the absent teachers. This becomes a big hassle as teachers have to work out the schedule to fill in the classes. Today we learned that the absent teachers do not prepare anything for the "fill-in" teacher to do. They only monitor the students, lest they get out of control.
As Travis was walking by one class he noticed that the students were quite talkative, this is to say they were out of their seats, walking around, and talking to friends as opposed to sitting in their seats talking to their neighbor which is the common activity during class...yes, truth. Upon looking into the class Travis seemed to notice there was not a teacher. As one student casually walked out of the room to her locker Travis asked her, "What's going on [in the class]?" She replied, "Mr. Jin is absent from school today." "So...you have no teacher?" Travis asked quizzically. "No." She replied with a slight blush.
So, yes indeed, this class was left without even a teacher to observe the class. They were left to fend for themselves. Untaught, unbridled........while the teacher who is specifically hired only to fill-in classes is sitting right behind us at this moment?????????????
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