Today has to be the most rewarding day of my trip so far, i was asked to attend Soyo junior high school to do a presentation to two classes of children from ages 12 to 15. The presentation was an introduction to teach about charity and to give them an insight into the work of streetKids international. It was fantastic, i spent the previous day in the school meeting the teachers and preparing a slide show and video of my interviews in Russia. The teacher to invite me is Sayuri Mitsuda a lovely lady that has traveled to Europe and was very keen for me to interact with the children so that they would have to speak as much english as possible, a Japanese newspaper journalist had also attended to to take notes during the presentation and take photo’s and interview me after, it was so exciting for me and the students loved it, the two groups both had a 50 minute lesson of which 25 minutes were in the classroom looking at a slide presentation about who i was, who Dylan the rat was, where we were from and about street children around the world, streetkids international and how people can help, the students then asked me questions that they had learnt in english and Sayuri translated any words from english to Japanese and vice versa.

The second part of the class was outside where i had fully set out a camp site with my tent kitchen shower and awning, the children loved the water from the shower and climbed into the tent and over the car, i also extended my winch rope and the whole class tried a tug of war against the winch.

Teaching to japanese children is so rewarding as they are the most culturally polite people that i have met so far, every one shook my hand afterwards and some gave me a hug it was even emotional. I am very fortunate to have been given the opportunity to teach at this school and it has to be the most rewarding thing i have ever done.

I was invited to attend lunch in the food hall where the whole school attend a traditional lunch with etiquette and politeness that made me proud to be part of a highly organized japanese school, with all seated in the hall after lunch i was asked to stand in front of the whole school and was presented with photographs of the day’s activities, i made a short speech in english to the school and they thanked me.

I would like to thank Edwin Huits from the ALT Jet program who teaches english at the school for inviting me, Sayuri Mitsuda for inviting me to teach her classes. To all the children i have learnt more than you today and i will never forget your smiles and enthusiasm.