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fandomhigh2024-02-14 06:29 am
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Conversational Japanese; Wednesday, Fourth Period [02/14].
When the students came into the classroom that day, they would find their teacher there, actually, unlike last week. They would also each find a small bag of chocolates on each of their desk, along with that week's vocabulary and phrases list.
"Today," Yukari said, with nary a moment to address the lack of class last week, "is Valentine's Day, which is a very stupid holiday filled with a lot of ridiculous notions about love and feelings that we don't need to go into, but it is an opportunity for us to delve into love and romantic culture in Japan, and words and phrases that could be used on the dating scene, if you give into that sort of nonsense.
"We'll start," she said, "by explaining that, if you're used to Valentine's Day in the Western world, you might be surprised to hear that they do things a little different in Japan. In Japan, Valentine's Day is strictly when women and girls give gifts, especially chocolate, to all sorts of people, not even those with which they have a romantic relationship with, while White Day, which is a month later on March 14th, is when the men reciprocate in kind. Which means," here she gave a bit of a chuckle, wagging a finger at the class, "I'm expecting all of you men in the class to reciprocate in kind and if I don't see a lot of chocolate around March 14th, it's probably not going to look good for your grades!
"Now, there are different types of chocolate based on your relationship to who you're giving it to, and I've included a list of the types in your information for today. This chocolate I've given you is obviously giri choco, because anything else would be highly inappropriate for a classroom setting. And, of course, I have some jiko choco, which is the most important kind of Valentine's Day chocolate there is.
"So," she said, winding down to a conclusion as she dipped into her much-larger-than-the-others bag of chocolate on her own desk and started to unwrap one, "Valetine's Day chocolate is a very important cultural milestone in Japan, and now we'll start to talk about other Japanese dating customs, important phrases to use when romantically interested and things to say on a date, as well. And when we're done with that, you'll all pair up and practice as if you're on a date, and hopefully not wind up with a drink in your face."
That's how most of Yukari's dates would probably end.
If she actually went on dates.
(She'd definitely be doing the drink-throwing).
"Today," Yukari said, with nary a moment to address the lack of class last week, "is Valentine's Day, which is a very stupid holiday filled with a lot of ridiculous notions about love and feelings that we don't need to go into, but it is an opportunity for us to delve into love and romantic culture in Japan, and words and phrases that could be used on the dating scene, if you give into that sort of nonsense.
"We'll start," she said, "by explaining that, if you're used to Valentine's Day in the Western world, you might be surprised to hear that they do things a little different in Japan. In Japan, Valentine's Day is strictly when women and girls give gifts, especially chocolate, to all sorts of people, not even those with which they have a romantic relationship with, while White Day, which is a month later on March 14th, is when the men reciprocate in kind. Which means," here she gave a bit of a chuckle, wagging a finger at the class, "I'm expecting all of you men in the class to reciprocate in kind and if I don't see a lot of chocolate around March 14th, it's probably not going to look good for your grades!
"Now, there are different types of chocolate based on your relationship to who you're giving it to, and I've included a list of the types in your information for today. This chocolate I've given you is obviously giri choco, because anything else would be highly inappropriate for a classroom setting. And, of course, I have some jiko choco, which is the most important kind of Valentine's Day chocolate there is.
"So," she said, winding down to a conclusion as she dipped into her much-larger-than-the-others bag of chocolate on her own desk and started to unwrap one, "Valetine's Day chocolate is a very important cultural milestone in Japan, and now we'll start to talk about other Japanese dating customs, important phrases to use when romantically interested and things to say on a date, as well. And when we're done with that, you'll all pair up and practice as if you're on a date, and hopefully not wind up with a drink in your face."
That's how most of Yukari's dates would probably end.
If she actually went on dates.
(She'd definitely be doing the drink-throwing).
Sign In - Conversational Japanese, 02/14.
Re: Sign In - Conversational Japanese, 02/14.
Re: Sign In - Conversational Japanese, 02/14.
Re: Sign In - Conversational Japanese, 02/14.
Re: Sign In - Conversational Japanese, 02/14.
Re: Sign In - Conversational Japanese, 02/14.
Re: Sign In - Conversational Japanese, 02/14.
Listen to the Lecture - Conversational Japanese, 02/14.
Considering that she has flipped desks over less before, she is actually handling herself very well right now.
Class Activity: Dating in Japanese! - Conversational Japanese, 02/14.
Re: Class Activity: Dating in Japanese! - Conversational Japanese, 02/14.
Not even 'you think you're a Cupid-in-training' weird.
Talk to the Teacher - Conversational Japanese, 02/14.
Or...something.
OOC - Conversational Japanese, 02/14.