Speaking of simple things, I ran into one of my students, Mr. Ohashi on my way to the train station. Mr. Ohasi is 13 years old and he's in the special ed class. He's super energetic and really funny, and to tell the truth, I don't see why he's in the class (I asked, and it's because he's got a low IQ and a short attention span... like all the rest of the monkeys in the regular classes).
Anyway, this kid is funny. He goes out of his way to say hi to me and was one of the only kids to show up for my English club. When I ran into him, he was watching a backhoe loader in the parking lot of the recently closed grocery store. Just chillin,' pimpin' his lowrider bicycle, and enjoying the weather by watching a big machine smash stuff.
It made me think about the simplicity of being a kid again, when you could idle away the hours and not stress out about stupid things.
For a 'retarded' kid, Mr. Ohashi sure does have it figured out. What a guy.
1 comment:
hey mike. found yo blog via friendster. good to know you are enjoying some chill times in japan! hope all is as well as it sounds. hello from nyc. i'll be reading! (=
-faithy
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