Third Time's a 茶rm

For the third time this year, we had guests. Apparently, the first time we had guests this year was the first time ever, so it's interesting that in such a short time our school has become so apparently international.

Unlike the second time, I had nothing to do with these guests. And, like the first time, no one told me anything. But it didn't seem as bad because no one else knew anything either. We knew they were coming from America, but that was about it. It was baffling to me that even days before they were coming, no one seemed to know anything.

This time we had a lot more guests. However, they were only staying for a day. Apparently, their stays at other schools during that trip were longer. At least unlike the last group, they were staying for more than a day and going to other schools and stuff.

The students were broken up and sent to various classrooms. The ESS members each paired up with a student and led them around.

Fortunately, I didn't have to do anything, so I just let the students carry on with their project and walked around and tried to get the students to try and communicate with their guests, who sometimes looked incredibly bored. The students were working on their three-week long travel agent project we started when the first American group visited. They basically spent the whole time trying to draw posters.

Some of the groups were more successful, and there was a lot of laughter. Some of them even helped draw the posters.

Then we ended everything, as we always do, with some koto and a tea ceremony.