Monday August 7, 1989
The private-school JETs and the head of the Board of Education? or the private school association? I'm in the black jacket. The blonde with a big smile is Amy of Hita. Simon, a Brit, stands behind me. I don't remember who the other two women are. If you know, would you leave me a note.
Today Murakami-sensei drives us to Oita City to a welcoming orientation with all the other JETs. We meet the governor of Oita and socialize a little with the other foreigners. The only other new JETs with children is a couple from New Zealand who have two girls a little older than JQS. Then a guy, who's been here a year (I think) and has several kids saunters in. He looks at me with JQS and says, "Oh, so you're the one with the kid. Well, you're in for lots of trouble." Wow! What encouragement! And he says this right in front of JQS! Although I really wanted to talk to someone else with kids, I swear never to have anything to do with this idiot.
Murakami-sensei takes JQS to see Star Trek and Indiana Jones while I have lunch with the group and we get introduced around the Board of Education offices.
Posted by M Sinclair Stevens
August 07, 1989
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The governor of Oita-ken shakes hands with JQS. I'm standing to his right, directly behind the woman turning around to look. So all you can see of me is the corner of my mouth. (At least I'm smiling.)