To give you some idea of what it is like to work in a Japanese elementary school, imagine that after a busy morning you are settling down to lunch with a classful of bright, energetic 11 year olds. Half way through lunch, the cute little kid besides you finally works up the courage to try out some English he has been dying to use. "Do... do...... do you like HARD GAY?"
You wait for your eyes to stop watering from all that miso soup you accidentally snorted into your sinus cavities, and politely say "Pardon me?"
"You know HARD GAY? You like HARD GAY?!! WHOOOOOO!!!!!!" Of course this would mean nothing unless the student starts to violently jerk his pelvis back and forth. He does, and you take another gallon of miso up the wrong pipe. Naturally every student in a ten desk radius is listening, giggling, and eventually imitating their bold trailblazer, so in a matter of seconds, there are easily 2 dozen students grinding each other and screaming "You like HARD GAY?"
Hopefully this link will clear things up for you. http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/face/archive/news/2005/20050720p2g00m0dm024000c.html
If any of you are thinking about teaching in Japanese schools, please, for the sake of your sanity, do a little homework first and watch some Japanese TV.
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