Dan the Man

Today was a great day, only in part because we got to finish work at 11am! Every four years there is a conference for the Yamaguchi prefectural English teachers, including a team teaching demonstration in a real live classroom. Today just happened to be that day, at Higashi Hagi Junior High. So Dan was the lucky ALT who got to team teach with Yasumitsu-sensei, the really cool HOD. He did really well under so much pressure, with so many teachers looking and analysing every detail of the class. Needless to say it was planned in minute detail down to how Dan would greet the class. I got to have the day off and watch him, and take some photos. Wicked. He did really well and made us all proud. Thank God they didn't choose Hagi Nishi!
Also, one of the things that arrived the other day in Mum's NZ parcel was a pair of size 13UK slip on shoes for Dan to wear indoors at work. To say he looked questionable in the "guest slippers" is an understatement, they came half way up his foot if he was lucky enough to fit his foot in. But today he looked nothing but swish and a living tribute to Queer Eye for the Straight Guy in his sassy new shoes!!!