After classes on Friday two other students and I went to Doshisha’s elementary school to help them learn about Halloween and carve pumpkins. Unfortunately, once we got there we were told that a weather warning had gone out, which meant that all of the students had to return home directly after classes. This was because many of the students commute an hour or more to school everyday by themselves, so if a bad storm came through and the trains had to be closed they could be stranded alone somewhere between school and Osaka. So, even though we couldn’t meet with the students and carve pumpkins, we did get a good look at the brand-new elementary school building, which is beautiful. Unlike my elementary school, where I really don’t remember there being pretty much anything in the way of windows, the place was full of light and space, even on a grey and raining day like Friday.
-I’ve seen kids alone on trains before, but it still amazes me that small kids are allowed to travel so far on public transportation by themselves.
-These students had already started learning English. In elementary school.
-One of the classes was doing a dance to a Japanese version of a song from ‘The Lion King’, which apparently exists.
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