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ken - good morning, Shiba sensei.. ( smile )

shiba - good morning, ken sensei . is your body fine now?

ken - yes . I was tired from all those part time jobs before I got this job . just after some rest now I'm fine .

Shiba- good . oh yes .. the headmaster has called for you inside his office .

ken - thanks for informing me .

( this Shiba sensei is a veteran mathematics teacher . he has been working in this high school for more than 10 years now and is over 45 years old . I liked him as I could feel that he is really worried about my health . if all the teachers here are like him then this job will be much easier than I thought . )

( inside headmaster office )

honda - so you're fine now huh. then be prepared as I will not be lieutenant with you even if you are a rookie teacher . I have high expectations from you because I personally reccomended your recruitment to principal after your interview. it may take a while to get used to the sheer number of students so just work at your own pace .

ken - thank you sir ( huh.. this old man honda is good too . I can see that he is telling the truth about recommending old Ken to the principal . maybe he will a huge help when I need him in future for something. ) . then if you will excuse me sir , it's time for my class to start .

( in this school , the principal's orders are absolute . but from the information from Shiba sensei , he is not an unreasonable guy . I will just confirm it myself then . well it's time for my first class then .. )

( inside class 1 A )

ken - hello students , I'm your new english teacher bonda ken . well let's just start our class now . you are free to ask questions whenever you feel the need to . just remember that I'm not strict usually but dont tolerate bad behavior. you guys are 15 or more years old already so I expect good behavior from all of you ..

( holy shit . there are more than 100 students in this class only . this number is way more than my past life when I was a student . but teaching them won't be a problem because I'm already used to doing presentations in front of thousands at the same time . compared to that pressure , this will be much easier . but now that I'm a teacher ,I will do my job seriously . welll I guess I will just have to get used to this new profession then )

( lunch time inside staff room )

ito - so ken sensei , how were your first few classes then ?

ken - well I'm just surprised by the fact that I will have to teach so many students together in a single class .

ito - well there is no need to worry that much . all of us have gone through that phase already . you will get used to it quickly .

( this ito sensei is the classics teacher huh . well he is not bad too as I can feel that he is seriously trying to give me advice . the rest of the teachers are are not that good though . now I can say that only ito , saiba and honda sensei have a good character . the rest of the teachers are just busy trying to earn points with students and teachers alike so that they can keep their jobs . typical mob characters in the adult society . i dont think that they will of much use . I cant trust them so I will just have to maintain neutral relationship with them in future. maybe they can be of some use in future , I'm not expecting it though . )

saiba - ken sensei , I heard that you submit a request to be appointed as advisor of baseball club in our school , is it true ?

ken - yes . is there any problem?

ito - it's just that our team is really weak so school is not expecting much from them. our principal is a good man and loves baseball so the reason that funding is being continued for baseball club is because of him . no teacher that was assigned as their advisor, lasted more than a month ..

ken - why ?

saiba- it's simple. because these teachers dont expect good performance from the kids . so they do not take the job seriously and leave when a month is up . according to modern system , no one can force the teachers to keep continuing the advisor so they just quit after the time limit of a month is up .

ito - to be honest , me and saiba sensei tried our best but were refused the position of baseball club advisor as we are already in charge of different clubs. even honda sensei tried once but was not allowed as headmaster cant take the job for himself . the children just continue to practice by themselves but can only play in practice matches with other schools .

saiba - so do you think you can manage both your classes and club at the same time Ken sensei ? we are just worried that you will overwork yourself quickly ..

ito - the players will be disappointed once again after you are gone. will you do it anyway ?

ken - well I get your point . yes I will do it anyway besides I love baseball so just want to do the job . I think I can manage better than other teachers because they are just not trying seriously. I'm different from them .

ito - fine then . have fun then Ken sensei .

saiba - the players want to participate in official tournaments so please take care of them ..