Winter

One of the first things that recently happened was my learning about 'Peach Boy,' a fairy tale. After I told a class about Paul Bunyan, The class was in disarray to act out the story of Peach Boy. Peach Boy defeated foreign devils with his companions: a monkey, a pheasant, and a dog. I do not know when this was first told, but I believe that these foreign devils were Americans. There is an old saying "Respect the emperor, throw out the barbarians." That is almost certainly referring to Americans. My guess is that this Peach Boy story was made by an emperor's story teller.

Next, I went to Tokyo. I had a go-con, which went horribly. In a go-con, two friends pick two other friends and all three usually end the night with a girlfriend/boyfriend. However, that night, my friend was engaged and the other man had a girlfriend. So I was left to flirt with three girls. I did not know who to pick. One was to quiet. One was always arguing, and one I didn't even learn the name of. We had no time to flirt either.

Then I went skiing. I learned about Japanese spirit and how some younger Japanese were losing it. They were traveling around the world and coming back and being just like Westerners, which is the opposite of what Japanese want. These people need to accept other cultures, like we do in America. I'm not telling Japanese to be like Americans, but they should allow other cultures. For instance, there are emos, and we don't slander them all the time.

Finally, I learned about teachers vs. mothers. It is exactly the opposite as it is with America and most Western countries. The teachers go to the parents instead of the parents going to the teachers. The students are told to study by the mother, not the teacher. Teachers give students more of a social life than the mothers do. Now, I'm not saying this is bad, because this has worked in the past, but right now, this is causing these 'rebellious' young Japanese because they don't have a strong relationship with their mother like the Americans do. The Japanese teachers should not have to go to the students house and do the reports they have to do, but otherwise, I see nothing wrong with what the teachers do. I see many things wrong with what the mothers do. The mothers force these extra jobs on the teachers because the mothers don't know how to teach their kids this stuff.