Parents, Returning to Childhood

Neither rain nor wind
could stop me
from attending the class observation. To be precise, I went to observe the people who were attending the class observation.
It was a double feature of
math and an evacuation drill.

Mathandevacuation drillare the two parts.

By the way, due to the storm and lightning,
puddleschoolyard caldera lakehad formed, and I couldn't help myself,
caldera lakeI was messing around in it and
was late for math class(me, that is).

Parental privilegeallowed me to enter the school building without being scolded for being late, but just in case, I apologized to the teacher at the reception desk at full volume,
"Good morning! Sorry, I was late because I was messing around in a puddle!"
When I did that, they said,
"It's okay, please put a
circlemarknext to your child's name."and completely ignored the "
puddleschoolyard caldera lake" and let me off the hook. Also, I accidentally drew a
circlemarkinstead of acheckNIKE mark. Since it's my own elementary school, I knew my way around and reached the classroom using a tricky route that set me apart from other parents. I discovered parents who couldn't fit into the classroom standing in the hallway, looking as lost as people on a Chuo Line platform during a personal injury accident. I'm not the type to be lost by such things, so I showed off a stylish walk while glancing at the front door with a cool face... at the same time, what caught my eye was my daughter standing on her tiptoesrelevé with a ruler in her hand, back to the blackboard. I walked past, stopped for a moment, and then backed up. She was indeed standing on her tiptoesrelevé with a ruler in her hand, back to the blackboard. Moreover, theteacher180cm


was nowhere to be found. "Huh?" my inner Ukyo Sugishita said, and at the same time, the teacher appeared from out of nowherefrom somewhere inside the classroom.

↑ Click here for more on my daughter's homeroom teacher.

Themathlesson that day was "Experience
cmcentimeters" and under that mission, the teacher entrusted every student with one
special item30cm ruler
to measure the length of every object in thefieldclassroom, which was the kind of "dynamic learning
" I love. So, my daughter wasn't in front of the blackboard because she was trying to defeat the teacher and take control of her classmates, she was just measuring the width of the blackboard eraser cleaner. Sorry for doubting you. But you don't have to stand on your tiptoesrelevé. Please don't break your indoor shoes any further.

There was a huge traffic jam of characters, such as theIno Tadatakatype who crawls a 30cm ruler on the floor to measure the distance of the classroom, the
Elon Musktype who tries to measure the curve of a helmet with a straight ruler, and the
Saitama Prefectural Police Traffic Divisiontype who endlessly chases other students to measure their stride. The teacher's ability to draw everyone in while egging them on with "That's great!" and pumping up the tension on thefloorclassroom

was so strong, I thought he was a

neodymium magnet.

Spontaneous combustionIf you're talking about that, don't forget phosphorus.

Up until this point, I had been operating under the strategy of
“I'm here for the class observation, so I've fulfilled my duty as a parent to watch how my child is doing” to give off that kind of vibe.
After all, that morning my daughter had warned me,
“Mom, don't talk about the 'wood grain on the classroom bookshelf' again. Just watch the class properly.”
Well, that was like
a nail in the bran (a futile effort), though.Since we were definitely going to be assigned the task of writing our thoughts on the class in under 200 characters, I did watch to some extent.
The main dish is coming up now.

“
Observing the people who have rushed to the class observation”.First, please refer to this list of people I have extracted based on my own judgment and prejudice from among those who rushed to the class observation.

1. Ball Mother
A mother standing in the classroom dressed like the princess in that ball scene where the magic wears off at midnight.
Even though she is standing still, it looks like she is pleasantly clicking her glass slippers with light steps,
tap-tap-tap.
But her magic will surely wear off at noon.
11:17 AM...
43 minutes left until the magic cast on her wears off.
I couldn't help but feel nervous.

2. Loungewear Parent
Parents who bring their daily life straight to school out of kindness so that their children won't feel nervous due to the unusual event of a class observation.

A father with bedhead like an onion that sprouted because its existence was forgotten feat. a mother with huge glasses to hide her bare face create an indescribable sense of security.

3. Grandchild's Super Fan
I can see it.
The

fan support fan that says “Look this way!” and “Love my grandchild”.4. Sudden Lower Back Pain

The moment a father, appointed to look after the student's 2-year-old younger sibling, crouched down to catch the child running around,he shouted “Ugh!!” and couldn't move.
When I mimicked a rescue worker and called out,
“Are you okay?!”
he replied, “My... my back... has passed away,” conveying the

obituary of his lower back

to me.
Everyone there prayed for the repose of his lower back.

5. The Guy Who Travels to the Dream World While Standing
He must have had a grueling day yesterday.
He was swaying violently back and forth and side to side.
But strangely, he didn't fall.
He absolutely would not fall.
Perhaps this person is an assassin sent in as foreshadowing for the final event of the day, the “evacuation drill”.

Next, I will present the evacuation drill, which begins with a ding-dong-dang-dong sound, just like a lost child announcement at a department store.

During the school building's violent shaking (setting),
a very interesting and serious situation occurred where parents who wouldn't stop chatting were scolded by the grade head teacher.
In the midst of shaking so hard you couldn't stand, they were endlessly excited about talking about wanting to eat scones from a newly opened cafe.
At this time, the students in the classroom were silent.

Parents Return to Childhood

Being scolded for chatting during an evacuation drill is something that happens in student life, but
they really returned to their childhood too much.
At least let's talk about “
hardtack” instead of “scones”.The grade head teacher, who was slightly softer in their anger than Melos, eventually showed an anger that surpassed Melos, but they still wouldn't be quiet.

Next up is the
Stray DadStray Dad who appeared during the (simulated) earthquake.
He wandered in and asked the grade head teacher,
"Um, I was told to wait in the schoolyard, but which stairs should I take to get down there?"
with his bag on his head.
"It's shaking right now, so I'm protecting my head,"
he reported dutifully, even though no one asked.
Scone Mom and Stray Dad are, if one were to compare them,
the former being a cold front and the latter a warm front.
The teacher's internal forces must have been so evenly matched that they turned into a stationary front.
No wonder it was pouring rain outside.

The finishing touch was a mother who,
during the (simulated) aftershocks,
came power-walking while bowing elegantly.
Perhaps this mother is a relative of the maglev train and, since she moves while hovering 10cm above the ground,
she is likely unfazed by the shaking.

That concludes the results of observing the people who came to observe the class.

The next one is in summer.
It will be held concurrently with the crop harvest event.

[Reference Materials]
◽︎ Neodymium magnet

◽︎ Weather Forecaster Academy
On stationary fronts

◽︎ Maglev Shinkansen