Organized Chaos

Every year Japanese schools do a big switcheroo. See, teachers usually stay at a school for about 3 years. When their 3 years are up, off to a new school they go. The best part of the deal is that the poor teachers are informed of their new post only a week or so before they go.

So I come back from the States to find that my crazy Kyoto-sensei has been moved, the weird history teacher [who lives across from us and opened his door in his underwear] has also been moved, as has my kinda scary head JTE. Sadly, the super sweet nurse also got moved.

To properly welcome the new teachers, the remaining teachers went absolutely crazy. Yes, they actually cleaned the teacher's lounge! This might require some explanation. See, Japanese schools usually don't employ janitors. Instead, the students are responsible for cleaning the schools. This seems like a good idea except, surprise, surprise, kids don't make for good cleaning.

Therefore, there was a crazy amount of dust covering everything. The desks were all pulled apart, an actual vacuum was employed! Then the teachers up and moved their desks. Craziness ensued.