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Japanese Political Correctness
Nov. 18th, 2005 07:13 pmThe department of the school responsible for educating the teachers (and students) about human rights and equality issues frequently leaves handouts on all the teachers' desks. I usually glance through them and then toss them, because they deal with Japanese issues ("How shall we care for our aging population?") that don't concern me.
Today, however, a little corner of the handout was devoted to addressing political correctness.
( Cut for LONG linguistic geekiness )
In other news, there was some tension regarding Ritsumeikan's plans to renovate the school. Next year, the new Ritsumeikan co-ed class will arrive, along with new Ritsumeikan teachers. That means they need to set up bathrooms for the boys and space for more teachers. Apparently, the current teachers are pissed off that Ritsumeikan wrote up a renovation plan that has far more changes than they feel are necessary, and Ritsumeikan has already gone to a construction company and worked up a timetable for the renovation. Ritsumeikan wants to get started on the construction as soon as possible, but the teachers don't like their plan and want them to put it on hold until a compromise can be reached.
I found out that, although the students don't have to show up at the Creative site until noon (which is when I thought I was supposed to show up as well), the teachers are supposed to get there at 9am. They need to do setup and have a last-minute practice session for the song we'll be singing. This made me a bit frantic, because I had been counting on those three hours to do some cleaning and shopping. (In fact, I had a dream last night that my parents showed up unexpectedly on my doorstep, and I insisted, "I was intending to clean Saturday morning! Honest!")
I rushed out and did my shopping right after I got off work. Mainly, I wanted to buy a tripod for my videocamera so I can set it up and (hopefully) record the song at the event tomorrow. As for cleaning...well...^_^;
Today, however, a little corner of the handout was devoted to addressing political correctness.
( Cut for LONG linguistic geekiness )
In other news, there was some tension regarding Ritsumeikan's plans to renovate the school. Next year, the new Ritsumeikan co-ed class will arrive, along with new Ritsumeikan teachers. That means they need to set up bathrooms for the boys and space for more teachers. Apparently, the current teachers are pissed off that Ritsumeikan wrote up a renovation plan that has far more changes than they feel are necessary, and Ritsumeikan has already gone to a construction company and worked up a timetable for the renovation. Ritsumeikan wants to get started on the construction as soon as possible, but the teachers don't like their plan and want them to put it on hold until a compromise can be reached.
I found out that, although the students don't have to show up at the Creative site until noon (which is when I thought I was supposed to show up as well), the teachers are supposed to get there at 9am. They need to do setup and have a last-minute practice session for the song we'll be singing. This made me a bit frantic, because I had been counting on those three hours to do some cleaning and shopping. (In fact, I had a dream last night that my parents showed up unexpectedly on my doorstep, and I insisted, "I was intending to clean Saturday morning! Honest!")
I rushed out and did my shopping right after I got off work. Mainly, I wanted to buy a tripod for my videocamera so I can set it up and (hopefully) record the song at the event tomorrow. As for cleaning...well...^_^;
