tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4262701429517460610.post54593622014981220..comments2023-09-16T08:06:20.541-07:00Comments on Japan Unanimation: My Worst Student, and his LieutenantUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4262701429517460610.post-5641543618091048032007-10-20T20:53:00.000-07:002007-10-20T20:53:00.000-07:00Aloha Nate! As you may or may not know our first b...Aloha Nate! As you may or may not know our first business was ESL schools and TK is a good friend of ours..we had 3500 students in 17 school and 5000 teaching techniques in our teaching manual...I personally taught 10000 classes, mainly yochien classes in my first 4 years....rewarding yet challenging...my favorite student control technique was the "up against the wall above my head" hold which always got the "bad boys" to pay attention...couldn't do that in the US...Andrea shared the blog with me..I reach out to Kristin who I dearly love but for whatever reason she chooses not to respond...my e-mail address is griffrost@gmail.com or griffrost@vrhi.com...all four of our children are in Hilo now and Big Time FUN! hmmmm...Uncle Grif?Grif Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07918582810339175957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4262701429517460610.post-87800239552067773592007-10-14T03:44:00.000-07:002007-10-14T03:44:00.000-07:00Hm, perhaps "Kanchan" is a regional dialect? Sam- ...Hm, perhaps "Kanchan" is a regional dialect? <BR/><BR/>Sam- No, they didn't, but now I will to every new teacher I meet.Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873187420072065718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4262701429517460610.post-23430318554698361732007-10-14T03:37:00.000-07:002007-10-14T03:37:00.000-07:00My first real rage was in the classroom in Japan, ...My first real rage was in the classroom in Japan, with kids the same age as you are describing and more than any I experienced with my own kids. The worst students would sneak up behind me and slam their clasped hands together in an upward motion into my crotch screaming "kanchan!" though now I know they were saying "kancho!". Thanks Sam!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03893355042233902846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4262701429517460610.post-41040467449459589572007-10-12T10:18:00.000-07:002007-10-12T10:18:00.000-07:00Kancho is to the oil check what the devastator is ...Kancho is to the oil check what the devastator is to the shocker.<BR/>In other words, it's nothing new; just an inevitable incremental improvement on an old classic.<BR/><BR/>When you first got to Japan, did they tell you to ask for the check in restaurants by saying "Kancho kudasai"?Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816718516778442841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4262701429517460610.post-53358173472942791262007-10-12T09:52:00.000-07:002007-10-12T09:52:00.000-07:00Still, better to be kicked with a cardboard box th...Still, better to be kicked with a cardboard box than to have your balls grabbed or your ass skewered on the hands of a tiny Japanese minion of satan. This culture is seriously demented. Look up "Kancho" when you get a chance.Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873187420072065718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4262701429517460610.post-5711215155771436082007-10-12T09:15:00.000-07:002007-10-12T09:15:00.000-07:00Wow, Nate rage? I have only heard the tales, but ...Wow, Nate rage? I have only heard the tales, but I never knew that it truly existed. It feels like my eyes have been opened for the first time.<BR/><BR/>Also, it sucks that you got kicked in the face with only a cardboard box protecting it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17638104315468788674noreply@blogger.com