Chickens At Akiyama Shogakkou
Today I went to one of the local grade-schools deep in the mountains - Akiyama Shogakou, where there are only 7 students. One of the teachers is a neighbor and asked me to come explain to his class how to keep chickens. I brought the chickens (for dramatic effect) and told them what chickens eat and drink, etc. Basically, I told them "Just feed them the leftovers from your school lunch".
The second graders are in charge of the chickens. Th photo above shows the two second graders and their teacher. The photo below is the school.
Comments
that's a cool looking school...you are quite the blogging powerhouse these days, as well!
Posted by: casey | May 11, 2010 03:17 PM
what a great place! It must be a wonderful adventure for the children to grow up in such a great place.
Do you happen to know if the misubasho is what they call skunk cabbage in the US? We have so many growing by the creek...just wondering. Mother in law was here years back and she wasn't sure either. From a distance...it seems the same to me. They do have similar flowers.
Hope all goes well.
Posted by: weekend farmer | May 11, 2010 04:09 PM
Kevin, every time you post about these schools I get a hunkering to move over to Japan! But that is not going to happen in a hurry. However - do you know how hard/easy it would be to organise a stay for an English speaking seven year old to spend a month in a place like that? Would it be too disruptive? Are there laws against it? Would there be any way for his parents (a father who can design and build and 'lift heavy things' and a mother who makes books and has taught English to non-English speaking kids before) to volunteer?
Posted by: Natalia | May 11, 2010 04:12 PM