Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Elementary School

Elementary school students love horsing around, especially when there is a camera involved. I brought mine with me on Friday to show a fellow teacher my pictures from my recent Taiwan trip (blog entry coming soon...), and the kids were all like "picture please!" So we had a little photo session...


The view from above...
...and below
... and up the nose.

This is a mentally handicapped girl named Kana, who can't really speak that well. She's also physically challenged and has a hard time walking, so I give her extra high-fives and piggyback rides whenever I go to her school. Now every time she sees me, she comes sprinting and gives me a big bear hug. She was a little too over enthusiastic on Friday, the little f'er headbutted me in the nuts 'cause she was running out of control. Thanks a bunch, Kana!!

Maikeru sensei, the human jungle gym.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I have to stop reading Michael's blog. It seems that every time I do, I get teary-eyed. Michael, I only saw you a few times and really don't know you all that well. Before you left for Japan I thought you were pretty cool, but now . . . AWSOME! You really are an inspiration! Your previous post about your upcoming trip to India is just one example. Folks, there are also planned trips to Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos plus numerous activities planned in Japan. The go-mad (Make a difference) progams sounds exceptional and I hope every one of your friends will join you in your effort whether by going on a trip, making a donation, or just adding your efforts to their prayers. God Bless Michael Shu!