I heart my 7kumi

Every Friday I have the pleasure of teaching the special needs class as my last class of the week. I usually only use the word "pleasure" in the most sarcastic tone possible, but I actually love teaching 7kumi (the special needs class). They are SO fucking cool! They are way genki (ack, a word I forgot to define before. It is "happy/energetic") and just excited for me to be there. I could sing the same song with them for 50 minutes (let's be honest, that's pretty much what I do), and they would still love it. They're also damn smart, I tell you! Last week we did numbers and I had to stretch things out 'cause they were masters before I even got there! This week we did parts of the body (well, the parts that are in "heads shoulders knees and toes") and they knew those already, too! I had extra time at the end, so I reviewed numbers with them and they're still stars. So, here's to you, 7kumi! You rock.

On another teaching note, does it make me a bad ALT for liking troublemakers in my classes? The classes without troublemakers are technically good classes, but are usually far too quiet and don't give me anything to work with. The troublemakers at least usually try to speak English, and are generally fairly amusing. They also all look the same. They all have the Japanese mullet, wear their sweats down to their knees, and pretty much do the exact same things. I find it amusing 'cause they think they're really original, but I can't really tell them apart so much. But yes, they are fun. But not as fun as my kick-ass 7kumi!