This email speaks for itself.

From: Gary Ploski
3/5/98 23:17
Subject: 1st graders in JPN To: EVERYONE IN MY ADDRESS BOOK

These 1st graders did a fantastic job…but some of the stuff they wrote comes across hullariously!

        I received this email and… well, take a guess, your looking at it now. You WILL laugh! It doesn’t matter if you have or have not taught in JPN or even been to JPN. Just remember one thing. THE STUDENTS THAT WROTE ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL THINGS ARE FROM —– JAPAN.

AnninJapan wrote: Dear Gary,

        Thought you might like to see what TODAY was like at school.  Hope you Enjoy.

        I just finished grading 200 student papers for the written portion of the 1st year final examinations.  We have been practicing writing REAL letters to my students in America, and the teacher thought it would be a great idea for the students to also write a pretend letter to America for their final.  She let me correct all the spelling errors, sentence structure etc. etc. etc.

        I noticed as I was plodding away at the 200 papers that some of the kids were writing hysterical things.  Most of the funny stuff is only funny in English and the kids have no clue that their small spelling mistakes and sentence structure made me laugh out loud.  I decided to write down every “GEM” I came across and I am passing them along to you. I am not making these up.  I have not changed a word of what the students wrote!  A final note before you read these.  The overall letters were amazing and I couldn’t have been happier with their writing.  They did a fantastic job for 1st graders!!!!!!!!!!! Here they are?..

How many friends do you have? I have well, two hundred. -Hiromi

This class has 39 students. They are all from Japan. -Kazutaka

I belong to the tennis crab. -Takumi

Do you like food?  I like cake. -Haruna

What’s a name? -Yuka

I can speak Japanese very well. -Masanori

I can only speak English. -Kanako

I have one brother. He have a girlfriend He is very happy. -Kumi

I eat rice very fast. -Makoto

Do you know “the Ann”? -Masato

Please be my friend. I don’t know your face, but I like you. -Chika

You don’t know me, but we are friends.  -Hirotaku

Do you clean your room every day? I don’t clean your room every day. -Akira

What do you usually do after school? I play dare doll. -Masayoshi

Now ..my two personal favorites amongst the entire bunch were

Do you like Ann? I like Ann very much. -Nazomi

Do you like this test? I don’t like this test. -Madoka

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You know you laughed!

“I can only speak English.” Gotta love it! Written by a Student going to school in JPN. : ) hope you enjoyed as much as I did.

My kitchen table can speak!!! Get a load of that! Questions about another package…. gee I’m lucky. REDICULOUS PRICES TO SEND THINGS HOME!!!!! Photo time! 6 4 smile! and so on…. From: Gary Ploski

3/5/98 0:46 Subject: 1 of 2 To: April Harvey

things is going to happen. 1- you’ll sign on as I type this. That’s the probable thing that will happen. 2- you won’t. wild stuff huh.

        Question(s) - Did you send out the package with the ‘tape’ and the print club? If so when did you send it?  If you haven’t could you include the thing that hiyori had told you and sarah about? It was regarding something like - 2 class or 2 grade. I don’t remember what you crazy people said. Let me know after you read this stuff.

        Get this babe. I’m almost finished with yet another book(The Salaryman’s wife). This one is 400 something pages. I got it about 3 weeks ago and have been reading it a little bit at a time on the train and at school. I’m really into the story. This is quite a cool thing. It only took me about 22 years but I got to the point where I can actually enjoy this reading thing. How about that.

        Vball - I found out today that there hasn’t been practice for the past 2 weeks! Nobody told me! I found out today cause I went in to the office to talk to Watanabe about the kotatsu stuff. I think I’m gonna go with FedEx. It’ll cost about 50,500 yen. It’s not cheap, it’s not rediculously expensive, I can trust the service, it’s all good. Gotta get it home somehow. How about the fun, let em have it! Boom!

        Eye lids - HOLY HEAVY! I have not been doing my body right for, maybe, the past month or so. How’s that? I’ve been doing lots and lots and lots. During the late evening I’m trying to sort out stuff in the apt. and during the early eve I’m usually out doing something. I ironed about 8 shirts and 2 pair of pants over the past two nights, as well as 2 loads of laundry, and attempting to decongest the kitchen table. It’s been hit hard!!! It’s hurtin’ “I hurt!”, it says. : )

        Looks like #2 has happened. I’ve got to get some sleep. If your not on by 1 you’ll know where I am — dreamland. Hope you had a good sleep. I didn’t call to wake you up becase I wanted you to get your sleep. Sounds like people have been using your time more than you have. What an interesting thought. Alrighty babe. I’m thinking of you as I sit and look at your pictures. What pictures you ask? the pics fot the album.

        I finally finished the section in the photo album that dealt with your trip over here. Now I’ve only got about 30 pictures to sort through and put in to the album. Yeah!  Chat with ya lata. DOU. have splendid. ciao cito