Coping with Jap Kids.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-13-2005, 12:29 AM

Interesting tales of an American, black, male working as a middle school teaching assistant in Japan.

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snip~~I wish I could say it stops there, but actually, it gets worse. Let me introduce you to a game Japanese kids like to play called "Kancho."

Actually, it's not so much a "game" as it is kids clasping their hands together, sticking out their first fingers, and shoving them up your butt. I'm really not joking.

You know, before we come to Japan, they tell us a lot of ultimately useless stuff. What kind of computer to bring, if our DVD's will work, clothing sizes, that kind of nonsense. Nowhere, and I mean nowhere, in the 3-4 months of orientations did anyone ever mention that at some point, a Japanese kid may try to stick their fingers up our butt. That's something I would have liked to know, personally.

It's called Kancho, and just about any kid can be a Kancho Assassin. Even the sweetest little girl may be prone to jam her fingers up your ass the second you turn around. This happened to one of my friends, which just goes to show - don't trust anyone. I'd say the little girls are the most dangerous cause they have natural ways of lowering your defenses. ~~snip

That was an excerpt from one of about 4 dozen "Editorials" he wrote about his experiences.

08-13-2005, 01:04 AM

Very amusing, Bruce. And he's actually telling the truth. I went on the site and read some of his other "editorials." I used to teach at a college that had a considerable foreign exchange program with Japan in the summers. I used to dread the months of June- August, knowing all the Jap exchange students would show up then. Polite? Reserved? HAHA! Think again! They traveled in packs like hyenas, creating a swath of disruption and chaos in their wake. They'd come into the library and ask questions in Japanese - a language I have never studied or made the smallest pretense of knowing. Then they'd act disgusted and arrogant when I told them I couldn't understand what they were saying. I could understand this arrogance if it had been ME at a Japanese school where I was supposed to be learning Japanese, but not the other way around. The best of all was that sometimes pack members would come in on their own and speak to me in flawless English. I guess it was their way of getting back for Hiroshima. Don't ask me.

wolf · 08-13-2005, 01:40 AM

Toyota and Sony are their way of getting back at us for Hiroshima.

Happy Monkey · 08-13-2005, 08:01 AM

Video games are corrupting the youth of Japan.

wolf · 08-13-2005, 10:51 AM

What's next? Pokemon Pink: The Caverns of Mystery?

eiffelenator · 08-16-2005, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Toyota and Sony are their way of getting back at us for Hiroshima.

LMAO...the Sony part. Sony has always stunk for me. Bah!

08-13-2005, 01:40 AM	#3
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08-13-2005, 08:01 AM	#4
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08-13-2005, 10:51 AM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	What's next? Pokemon Pink: The Caverns of Mystery? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-13-2005, 01:04 AM	#2
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Very amusing, Bruce. And he's actually telling the truth. I went on the site and read some of his other "editorials." I used to teach at a college that had a considerable foreign exchange program with Japan in the summers. I used to dread the months of June- August, knowing all the Jap exchange students would show up then. Polite? Reserved? HAHA! Think again! They traveled in packs like hyenas, creating a swath of disruption and chaos in their wake. They'd come into the library and ask questions in Japanese - a language I have never studied or made the smallest pretense of knowing. Then they'd act disgusted and arrogant when I told them I couldn't understand what they were saying. I could understand this arrogance if it had been ME at a Japanese school where I was supposed to be learning Japanese, but not the other way around. The best of all was that sometimes pack members would come in on their own and speak to me in flawless English. I guess it was their way of getting back for Hiroshima. Don't ask me.

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