Monkey-Kun

So, it is apparently the time for the boys to come back from behind... Now I'm starting to see some of the boys become real characters of their own.

One of my favorites is Monkey-Kun, he's a second-year. My first impression of him is when I asked a question in English in one class and he nearly exploded from his seat, thrusting his hand in the air anxiously. So, naturally, I called on him.

He stood up, settled himself, then said (In Japanese):

"I have no clue what the answer is."

He's cool. He's just this side of annoying.

Today our grammar point was the Telephone, and how to talk on the phone (One never thinks of the differences between meeting someone in person and talking on the phone but there are... for instance, I say "I am Guy", but on the phone I say "This is Guy." It's an interesting thing that we just never think about.

So, as we go about the class doing the skit in the textbook, Monkey-Kun has been nearly pleading to do the skit. Knowing he's going to do something odd, we save him until very last, then Mr. Second Year finally picks Monkey-Kun.

So I, playing the part of "Mikes" father (The skit consists of "Emi" calling "Mike"s house, getting his dad, having to ask for Mike, and then telling Mike Emi is going to Shin's house to play Video Games), wait for the phone to ring, it does, I pick it up, and Monkey-Kun says "Goodbye" and hangs up.

So, I call him.

He gives me a quizzical look.

I Say, "Hello, this is Guy Sensei-Is this Mr. Davis?" (Ironically, The character Mike in the book has a last name of Davis... It's surreal having your father's name as a vocabulary word...).

Monkey-Kun is totally confused, but he recovers quickly, and he goes on ahead and does the other part of the skit (The part I had been doing the entire class). He looked cool, I looked cool... you just can't get a better outcome than that :)

I have a feeling we'll be hearing more about Monkey-kun in the future.

--Me.