My Yesterday

I was asked to go to trial lessons of dancing by my colleague yesterday.
There are many kinds of dancing there, but we selected the basic of Hip Hop and Latin fitness, for 2 hours in total. 
I knew what I should dance next in my brain but my body couldn't follow my willing... Haha.

I'm not good at music and dancing at all, but I have wanted to dance better for my work.
Japanese Elementary school teachers don't specify a subject they teach to kids. 
A classroom teacher teaches students all subjects in his/ her class. Teachers must teach math, Japanese, science, social studies, music, gym, swimming, moral, home economics, art and crafts, and from 5th and 6th grade English alone at Japanese elementary schools.
And we have a sports festival in fall, in which students compete running races, other sports activities and many kinds of dances. Each grade performs a different kind of dances.

I had a special classroom, and my students were from 1st grade and 6th grade.
I had to remember all the dances soon so that I could teach kids how to dance near my students. But I'm basically poor at dancing and had so much troubles to remember all of them. 
That's why I have wanted to get used to dancing. 
My colleague remembered it, so she asked me to go to a dance school together.

After dancing, I could feel very fine because I haven't stretched and moved so much. I thought it's good for the health and my brain as well.
I will keep going to one of them, probably a little slower one, Latin fitness.

The number of my friends going to Yoga has been increasing here. 
I think it's easy to start learning at our ages and good for our health; it promotes metabolism, improves our conditions and keep a good balance of our body lines and so on.
Recently hot yoga is also famous in here. I have heart Latin fitness for the first time and don't know about it well, but I like the teacher.

That's my yesterday.


昨日は友だちに誘われて、ダンスの体験教室に行って来ました、雨の中・・・。
雨ということもあったのか、生徒は私を含めて３人に、先生１人。
すごく濃密な手厚い指導をして貰いました♪
一週間を通していくつかあるダンスの中で、ヒップホップ初級とラテンフィットネスに参加しました。２時間、ずっと踊り続けたけれど、つくづくダンスのセンスが無いってわ～と痛感。
入会金やら、登録料など不要で、一回８００円という低価格が魅力的。

この一年、お仕事は休憩し、新たな夢に向かって頑張っているのですが、再度、小学校に戻るのであれば、仕事上、ヒップホップをやった方がいいのは分かっているけれど、どう頑張っても体が付いていかない…。
恐らく…ラテンフィットネスで体を引き締めたいと思います。

余談ですが、日本の小学校って、担任が全教科を教えているけれど、海外では違うみたいです。全ての国事情を聴いたわけではないけれど、海外の小学校は所謂、日本の中学校スタイル、全教科先生が変わるみたいです。しかも一クラスの子どもの人数が２５人前後ってアメリカのお友達は言っていました。

私はそれに賛成だな。教育現場を直に見てると、日本の先生って大変…。
夢や理想を抱いて先生志望で若い人が入ってくるけれど、現実は本当に毎日が怒涛のように過ぎていく…。
財政難かもしれないけれど、これからの日本を背負っていく子どもの教育にもう少し予算を回してくれてもいいんじゃないのって思います。
担任、副担任の２名体制になれば、教材研究や、もっと子どもに目を向ける心の余裕も出てくるのになって、勝手な意見を書かせて貰いました…。

そうそう、私が行ったダンス教室のパンフレットを載せておきま～す。

何でか知らんけど、横向き～～