Weeknotes #356

There was another event at Bunka Gakuen University Junior and Senior High School (i.e. the school where we’re thinking of sending Emma). I wrote back in September about attending their Cultural Festival. On Saturday it was an open school event that featured activities meant to be representative of the activities in which students participate. Eri had signed Emma up for the advanced English class activity and it was great. The teacher taught it the same way that he would regularly teach English classes and I got to observe the entire thing. Emma would still have to pass the entrance exam but if she does indeed go there and do the double degree program, I think it would give her a true choice between further study in Japan or further study in Australia. It’s almost mid-November and there’s still no sign that my visa extension will be processed by the ostensible termination date of my current visa. I say ‘ostensible’ because Eri called the Immigration Services Agency on Thursday and they…

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