So this morning I was walking to class, swinging my cute Miffy lunch box, singing to myself...when the big klutz rolls her ankle and falls down on her knee. I know what some of you are thinking...my god are you okay, did you hurt anything...do you need me to palpate...:). I am alright, just a little bruised, ego that is. Me being me, it is because I was not paying attention and walked into a dip on the road. Of course, this is the day I am wearing a skirt and my only pair of nylons that I have not managed to get a run in. I had been rationing them, but alas it was not to be. I proceeded to skin my knee, bloody the nylons and produce a large hole in them. So much for my last pair of nylons.
Yesterday, we had a school uniform check. I thought, they are probably checking for tucked in shirts, no tears in blazers, and that the girls were not wearing their skirts too short. Wrong, wrong, wrong, they were checking for ear piercings, dyed hair and make up. Students here are not allowed to have their ears pierced or their hair dyed. I watched as teachers looked through hair and compared colours. They were prodded and poked like cattle. Girls were told to get their hair cut and how much to cut. It was insane, a bit reminscent of a military line up, with a drill sargeant being in their faces. Students who were in "violation" were marked off on a chart. I cannot believe the great lengths they go to make sure everyone looks exactly the same. There I was with my multiple piercings and my highlighted hair feeling really bad for these kids. I am definately not a good example in terms of what a Japanese teacher should look like, but I think I represent freedom of expression and non-conformity. I cannot help it, it is who I am and just because I choose to have my ears pierced and my hair dyed does not make me a different person on the inside. I am still the wacky girl
Poor kids....what happened to the good old days of when kids could wear anything they wanted to school...the days of the kool aid kids and thrift store outfits.
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