I arrived at San Francisco’s airport a little over 10 am yesterday elated to see my both my bag and a JFMF greeter. From there, our gaggle of sleep deprived-running on nervous-enerergied teachers, we took a bus to the Airport Sheraton and thus began our orientation.
From the orientation, we learned about customary practices, etiquette, what to expect from our journeys as well as a list of interesting rules. Many of these "DO NOT'S" remind me of my classroom's "List-O-Banned-Behaviors and Activities," typically rules that are unsaid, but must be written only because they've been violated by past students/JFMF participants.
Some of the more interesting rules include:
Rule Number 1: Do not leave Japan.
Rule Number 2: Do not pull the plug on the guest family’s bathtub (the water is shared).
Rule Number 3: Do not lose your name tag
Rule Number 4: Do not point
Rule Number 5: Do not wear sneakers to dress-up occasions
Rule Number 6: Do not write on "meishi" (business cards) people give to you
Rule Number 7: Do not wave goodbye like Princess Diana (This kind of wave means, "come here"
Rule Number 8: No need to take out your tip calculator, as there's no tipping.
The bus leaves in 20 minutes, time enough to shut down...
Sayanara Kiddies!
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Good point, though sometimes it's hard to arrive to definite conclusions
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