I live in ignorance

Argh!! How disappointed was I last night to discover that through some miscommunication I was under the mistaken belief that my friend was arrving from Oz TOMORROW when she is in fact arriving on THURSDAY. I know it's only one more day. But seriously, this visit has been the one thing keeping me going for the weeks since the winter break and now I have to wait a WHOLE EXTRA DAY. She's leaving Adelaide tomorrow. I can make it I can make it I can make it.

Today the year 6s threw a thankyou party for all the teachers. I was invited even though most of them hate me and the rest don't care. They made curry popcorn. It was yum. Then they had a quiz and I was able to answer one of the word puzzle questions which was heaps funny, everyone was in shock. No matter how many times I do it, no one can ever seem to get their head around the fact that I can read and write Japanese. What do they think we DO when we study Japanese at uni? They don't just learn to speak English at uni (actually for the most the opposite is true), so why would I only learn to speak Jap? I blame the all too large number of gaijin who live here for years but never bother to study the language and as such can carry out decent basic conversations in Jap but cannot read or write it. If you are going to live in a country, you must make the effort to learn the language. No one has a favourable opinion of those who come to Oz and never learn English - why should it be different just because the Japs have a love affair with English and are therefore too willing to excuse ignorance and lack of respect in those who are native speakers of it. Ah, gaijin worship, so very very convenient and so very very frustrating.