Today, I was at one of my elementary schools. A third grader got so mad at me for not calling on him when raised his hand and shouted that he screamed and pounded on his desk. Once he got so frustrated that I called on the girl in front of him rather than him that he grabbed her ponytail and pulled with all his might. Rather than rushing to her aid, the teacher half heartedly shooed him away. In fact she dealt with most of his misbehavior in a friendly way, by smiling at him and holding his hand to try to quiet him. It didn’t really work that well.

The scant understanding of English that the Japanese have can have some pretty hilarious results in the schools. Here’s two shirts that I saw on some boys IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL today.

1. GOD 69
2. There’s a picture of a skeleton playing pool. Underneath it says: Get boned by the best.