What has been going on so far...

Well I have yet to acquire Internet at my apartment, but enough was enough...I knew I had to  find some way of getting in contact with everyone back home, so here I am writing about my experiences so far.


I arrived safely in Japan on January 24, 2011 at around 9:30 at night only to begin working the following day. The staff that picked me up from the airport, as well as the rest of the staff here at the school have been really friendly and have made me feel at home quickly. The school I work for is called ABC Plus and it is one incredible school. We have two locations, one of our locations is about less than a minute from my apartment... literally I can stand on my balcony and see the front entrance. The other school is about a 15-20 minute drive from the first school, which I travel to twice a week to teach at. I work with 7 other teachers 3 of them are from England and the other 4 are from various parts of the states. The school is a family business which makes it quite unique and a joyful environment.


My designated shifts begin each day at 1:30pm and go until 9:30, but I find myself at the office more often than my allotted shifts.  I myself and responsible for 23 classes a week and because our students come to the school only once a week, each day is a different set of classes and students. This makes the job continually interesting and lacking in dull moments. I have an array of students ranging in age and experience in the English language…to give you an idea of how varied my students are my youngest student is 2 and my oldest student is 72 this aspect also makes things so interesting and so wonderful…the differences are stark and beautiful.


I will be continually updating this blog with little stories about this and that, but mostly will use it to share the photos that I take along the way.
This picture is of me on the balcony
of my apartment 

Love and miss all.
Chelsea