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The Tax Man
Published on 2011-05-01 22:25:00
The letter was sitting on the coffee table when I got home from work. I plonked myself on the couch and scooped it up. Slowly moving my eyes over the characters, I was able to make out my name, and that it had come from the offices of the City of Osaka. This could only mean one thing: that they wanted money from me, and lots of it. Every year the good people of the City send out their city resident taxes, a charge based on your previous year's income. For me, this means a couple of hundred thou
The Physical, Pt.2
Published on 2011-02-17 18:42:00
Did you read Pt.1 first? Ok, good. Please continue...I sat the kids down on the carpet in a circle, and we all observed a quick moment of silence whilst I gathered my thoughts and they waited for something to happen. Okay, here we go. First ever lesson. They're sitting right in front of you. It's time to rock... Wait, how do I start this thing? Oh yeah, introduce yourself. Here we go. Let's blow their minds...I sat the kids down on the carpet in a circle, and we all observed a quick moment of si
The Physical, Pt.1
Published on 2011-01-24 03:24:00
I had survived for fourteen months. Fourteen months without being assigned any kids classes. For anyone to last that long whilst working full time at an English language school in a surburban area was nothing short of a miracle. Most were lucky to hold out for two, maybe three months before they received the call up, but for some reason or another I had slipped under the radar.There were other teachers at my school, trained and more experienced, taking care of those classes, and they had yet to
