School trips

[Thunderbird2 0]

Is it just me or do all the school trips seem to all go to the same resorts? I hear Shiga Kogen gets tons, and one I went to recently Nakazato (in Yuzawa) was full of kids on school trips.

 

Tell me of some more so I can avoid them!

[Too Orangey For Crows 0]

Shiga Kogen does get a lot. I've been there on a weekday, and it seemed 3/4 of the people up there were students doing the snake.

[scouser 4]

The lucky devils. My biggest school trip I had was to the Isle of Man.

[IIIII 2]

Lots at Suginohara I think

[Yuki's Passion 1]

TB2, my school has 2 trips a year at Shiga - one in Dec. and one in March. I love skiing, drinking beer, and going in onsen for free

[Roger's head 0]

Do you go to both Yamakashi? And they let you just play where you want or do you have to do teaching/work stuff?

[Yuki's Passion 1]

Yup, go to both. I have to teach my kids how to ski but before lessons start/after/and on breaks/ I can piss off and get some laps in by myself which is great. But, Im working from 6am-10pm once they have lights out. Then, teachers usually get wasted and eat great food but I passed out daily then in Dec.

[mattlucas 0]

All over Japan you see the students wearing there uniforms while on field trips.

 

Do they wear them while skiing as well?

 

[Yuki's Passion 1]

uhhhh, yeah, so what?

 

at least I dont teach girls, theyd be really cold in skirts

[mattlucas 0]

Ahh. Nevermind. Poor attemp at a joke.

[Yuki's Passion 1]

same here

[sunrise 0]

they have them at rusutsu

[Yuki's Passion 1]

I think most mountains have them... must suck havin all those kids doin trains on the beginners slope if youre a beginner.

 

I just found out that we only have like 15 kids going this spring. I may get bumped

[gamera 0]

When I skiied for the first time in my university, we all wore zekken(German word?) - numbers to specify who was who. That is really common especially for school ski trips, I guess.

 

Yamakashi, do you speak kansai-ben when you teach kids how to ski?

I just got a new keitai and the Japanese typing system for i-mode has a function to be familiar with kansai-ben. It says if I type 'koute kite' while I turn the kansai-ben function off, it would appear like '公的て' but if I turn it on, it would do '買うて来て' LOL

[bunsen 0]

A school I used to teach at went to Shiga Kogen as well, used to love those trips.

[Yuki's Passion 1]

Gamera, Ive only been in Kansai for 10 months so my Kansai ben isnt anything - at least compared with my Hiroshima ben. Spent a long time there so its much more ingraved in my head. Workin on the Kansai and its comin but I just dont know the vocab thats used in kansai vs. hyojungo vs. hiroshima ben. It will take some time. To answer your question I use all three, meaning I use kansai, hyojungo, and hiroshima ben slips out sometimes. I just predominantly use that to scare the kids and get them under control. You should see how quickly they quiet down after yellin at them in Hiroshima ben

[gamera 0]

LOL I can imagine it, Yamakashi

Probably it looks like Daniel Carl speaks in

Yamagata ben

[Yuki's Passion 1]

But, whats wrong with foreingers speaking a dialect of Japanese? Its what you always hear, 24 hours a day, so naturally thats what youre gonna repeat; just like a child does when he/she grows up and becomes able to speak.

 

Japanese speak Brittish, Australian, American, Canadian English, etc... Is THAT so strange?

[maoriboy 0]

Ahhh school trips. We went to Argentina, Fiji, SOuth Africa and Australia for rugby. great fun but a wee bit expensive for the parents.

[slow 0]

 Quote:

Originally posted by Yamakashi:
But, whats wrong with foreingers speaking a dialect of Japanese? Its what you always hear, 24 hours a day, so naturally thats what youre gonna repeat; just like a child does when he/she grows up and becomes able to speak.

Japanese speak Brittish, Australian, American, Canadian English, etc... Is THAT so strange?

No, not strange, Yama.
We are very impressed by foreigners who can speak a dialect of Japanese. You think it's natural but it means you respect local people and culture a lot. I think you are so cool with your Hiroshima-ben. I can imagine your students quiet down after yelling at them in Hiroshima-ben!
I can speak only Hyojungo or a little Yokohama-ben. You can't tell my local culture from my speaking.

[gamera 0]

No not strange at all, Yama.

I mean generally Japanese are not good at learning other languages, so if they see some foreigners speak some dialects, they really get interested in how they have learnt it and how hard it has been etc.

 

As slow says, I'm sure a lot local people know you respect their culture.

 

Sorry if my last post sounds embarrassing.

[meat 0]

I've heard that many hotels in the Shiga Kogen area offer special deals for school groups and it is well known as a school trip ski resort place. I know when I've been esp on weekdays a large % of the people there are school groups.

[Yuki's Passion 1]

gamera, was just askin mate. I got some J-mates who sound more like aussies than aussies do (whatever that means) and it always impresses me.

 

I dont think Japanese cant learn another language; thats not true. I just think culture barriers and lack of practice are the biggest issues.

 

With practice, most anybody can learn a foreign language.

[gamera 0]

Yeah practice is the key.

When I was a junior high school student, no native speaker English teachers were available because no JET program etc then.

But English class in school were just boring coz reading, writing and grammer all the time. No conversation. So I often sang English songs instead. Carpenters' songs worked, I guess. Because Caren pronounced really clear and easy to follow for me.

 

~ Only yesterday lalala ~ lol

[Yuki's Passion 1]

music is a great medium for learning a language Gamera.

 

I love listening to UA - think shes amazing and a fun and relaxing way to learn Japanese too.