Parent's Day!

Today was parent's day for the third grade at one of my schools. This meant that I went in with my fellow AEA Rumi to each teach one of the two third grade classes. It was a normal lesson except that there were about 20 or so parents, some with younger siblings of the students in tow, watching from the back of the classroom and through the open windows to the hallway. (Japanese schools are set up so that the wall of the classroom that faces the hallway is made with an entire row of windows along the top half.) I was more then a little self-conscious. However, I've taught that class once before and the teacher is very nice and speaks very good English (at least compared to most of my other teachers) so I think I did very well. I think that maybe the students were a little nervous too, they behaved very well and it seemed like everyone was paying attention and trying to participate. When I left it felt kinda like I was running the gauntlet, having to walk past all those parents in the hallway, not just the ones for my class but also the ones who had been watching Rumi's class too.