Some interesting tidbits popped up during the Interactive English class students' self-introduction speeches this week. Often, they don't say such interesting things, telling about the names of music artists they like or sports etc., without any details, but sometimes they let us know something interesting. For example...
In my Chemistry majors class, one boy, a quiet a little nerdy a little cute boy with short black hair, mentioned that his brother is also a Fukuoka University student, but of course didn't tell us his age, his major, his personality, and so on. So after three students had asked him some questions, I asked him how old his brother is, and instead of answering in words, the boy raised both his hands in front of him, palms flat, to signify, I gathered, that they were the SAME age, that they were, in fact, twins. Why he didn't tell us that his brother is his twin from the first point, i have no idea. Anyway, he was pretty funny, and we laughed a lot for him. Then, later, a boy with long styled hair dyed blond, gave a speech in which he told us that he has twin younger brothers, and when I asked him if his brothers are identical twins, he, perhaps thinking of the earlier boy's gesture indicating that he and his brother were the same age, did the same gesture but then raised one of his outstretched palm down hands above the other, to indicate, I gathered, that one brother is taller than the other. So we laughed again. Other interesting things. In my Commerce majors class, one boy said he'd quit his part time job in an apparel shop because his manager had make him work eleven straight hours alone without any breaks, so he wanted advice from his classmates on a better part time job. Another boy said he had ten pairs of Nike shoes because he likes their style, and removed one of his shoes and displayed it to the class, a bright lime green color that did, indeed, look pretty cool. A girl said she had an eight-year-old dog called Niko, a black chihuahua-dachsund mix weighing three kilograms, a pooch who hates walking so they always have to carry her everywhere. Anyway, I had a fun week at work, actually, back after a weekend trip to Nagoya for my mother-in-law's funeral. Thursday and Friday went OK, too. I do really like my American culture class!
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