礼儀 Manners

ポストした日：２２日ー２７日７月２０１４年

　今、TEFLの授業を取って超ーーー楽しいよ＊＾＾＊
新しい友達に会ったり、一緒に遊んだり（食べに行くとか、宿題するとか、等。。。）、クラスには遅くても会話も楽しいと思う。いつも眠くなる。午前３時ぐらい寝て、７時半ぐらい起きて、クラスに行く。クラスにも眠くなちゃった。（笑）信じられる？
　でも内容が面白いから寝たくない。しょうがないね。笑。
　また、この週末、家にアメリカ人のクラスメートと戻ったけどさ、疲れたよ！礼儀やマナーないよ！３日以下、疲れた。日本人もこの気持ちを持ってるかな。例えば、映画館に行った時チップスを食べたいと言われ、母に「この（母の財布のそばに）チップスを食べてもいい」と聞いた。母は「蓋はまだ開けなかった」と言った。

　意識がある人間としてこの場合にどうしたらいいでしょ？


　クラスメートはチップスの蓋を開けて、大声で「エバニ！それが失礼だよ！」と言ったけど、すぐに友達は母の言った事を言い直した。やっぱり母の言ったことを理解しなかった。その後、友達は怒った顔を表して部屋を出て、友達に何も言わなかった。あたしも怒ったけど友達は礼儀の意識がないから気にならなかった。しかしそんなことを忘れない。。。

　じゃ〜英語で説明する。多分ちょっと違うけど、日本語をまだ勉強しないとーー＞

　I'm taking a TEFL class now and it's super fun!
I've met new friends and we hang out (going out to eat or doing homework together), and even though the class is long, I truly enjoy it and I think it's fun. I always get sleepy.

　I go to bed around 3am and wake up at around 7am in order to go to class. I also get sleepy in class. Can you believe that? XD
　But I really like the content of the class so I don't WANT to fall asleep. Hmm....what can you do?.

　Also, this week I went back to my house with one of my American classmates but it was so tireding! They don't have manners nor etiquette.No more than 3 days, and it was tiring. I honestly wondered, "Is this how Japanese feel when they bring foreigners into their home?". . . . For example, when we went to the movies she said how she wanted to eat chips and asked my mom if it was ok to eat the chips that were next to her purse. My mom then told her, "well, they haven't been opened yet".

　Now. . . As a human being who has consciousness, what do you think is the best thing to do in this situation?


　My classmate started to open the lid and with a loud voice I told them, "HEY! That's rude!", but she quickly just repeated what my mother said. As I thought, my classmate didn't understand what my mother said, or at least what she meant by it. After that, my friend gave this mean face and left the room and I didn't say anything to them. I also got mad at them but my classmate has no consciousness of manners/etiquette so I didn't care. But,  . . . I won't forget this incident.

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　At the moment I have 2 more weeks left of this TEFL course. I think this is the moment when the honeymoon phase ends, and we all start hating each other for the small things we have to put up with.

　As for the job application, everything went well and I am moving forwards with Interac through their alternate program. This means I will go to Tokyo and stay for a few days/weeks but they assured me that it has never been a few months. I'm actually looking forward to it since the BF is close by and I don't have to worry about taking an airplane flight to see him and family, etc. I have confirmed my arrival date (August 24th), but I can only start looking at airplane flights after this TEFL course ends (simply because there is more paperwork to consider, and the date period between me getting my visa and arrival is REALLY tight!).
　Will provide more details as for the email process for Interac soon. *^^*