Motivation

Three American junior high school students came to visit my school for a few days this week (this is a whole blog in itself...I'll save it for another day.) Needless to say, the boys were quite beside themselves at having these girls in their school. In an awkward display of adolescent affection, the boys were all over the place, often almost scaring the girls! One of my favorite students, Shota, was particulary taken with the girls. One of the girls (who is Japanese, but lives in America), was a childhood friend, and her grandma lives near Shota's house, so he is planning to see them again. So, for the first time EVER, English words are coming out of his mouth and his is begging me to teach him every time I see him. Now that he has a real motivation to use English (read- talking to cute girls), he just can't get enough. Maybe they should bring more students over to inspire students to study in the hopes of getting a cute foreign boyfriend or girlfriend. Whatever it takes : )