You must defeat Hoikuen to stand a chance

Since mentioning my trips to Hoikuen in the last post I thought I should elaborate on what a visit to these places are like , and each visit for the first month went roughly like this.....

I arrive at nine in the morning and was given cold black coffee. You need the caffeine hit to be able
to handle over 50 hyper kids!

It's like the movie Kindergarten Cop on fast-forward

At playtime I was chased by an army of five year olds on stilts, and I found out I'm not as good at Janken (Rock, Paper, Scissors) as I thought. When the kids are finished climbing all over you it's class time.

The CD player didn't work (or the CD I made didn’t work more likely), so I had to sing the alphabet, numbers and Halloween songs in my lilting Irish brogue.

During colouring time I gave the kids a choice of two pictures, a witch or a pumpkin. Only one child picked the witch. I had to ration the colour orange.

At lunch time they feed me like I'm a sumo wrestler who has just appeared after a month in the wilderness. In my first month I wasn’t as good with chopsticks as I am now, so it takes me ages to finish. Plus the kids keep talking to me about random stuff. It’s all hilarious to them, but for the most part I’ve no idea what’s going on. I always manage to eat all my lunch though, despite some of it not looking like anything resembling actual food!.

After lunch I put on my witch's hat and went around handing out Halloween candy to all the students. The one year olds were a bit wary of me with the hat on, so I took it off.... and they started crying their eyes out!

After trick or treating I high fived every student (twice!) and left the hoikuen to a chorus of ABC.

Just another morning for Garry-sensei! Then, a short rest, and off to Shogakko (elementary school). ing time I gave the kids a choice of two pictures, a witch or a pumpkin. Only one child picked the witch. I had to ration the colour orange.
At lunch time they feed me like I'm a sumo wrestler who has just appeared after a month in the wilderness. I managed to eat it all though.
After lunch I put on my witch's hat and went handing out candy to all the students. The one year olds were a bit wary of me with the hat on, so I took it off.... and they balled their eyes out!
After trick or treating I high fived every student (twice!) and left to a chorus of ABC.
Just another morning for Garry-sensei. Now, short rest, and off to shogakko.ing time I gave the kids a choice of two pictures, a witch or a pumpkin. Only one child picked the witch. I had to ration the colour orange.
At lunch time they feed me like I'm a sumo wrestler who has just appeared after a month in the wilderness. I managed to eat it all though.
After lunch I put on my witch's hat and went handing out candy to all the students. The one year olds were a bit wary of me with the hat on, so I took it off.... and they balled their eyes out!
After trick or treating I high fived every student (twice!) and left to a chorus of ABC.
Just another morning for Garry-sensei. Now, short rest, and off to shogakko.