I was at Urimaku Junior High School today and we were doing grammar worksheets when a kid, who was about 14 or so, stands up and drops his pants to his knees. I, along with the rest of my class, including two teachers, was mooned by one of my students.
But the bizarre thing was, no one did anything but laugh and one of the teachers, who was also laughing, went over to the student, pulled his pants up, and sat him back at his desk. No one said a word. No one seemed to care. All I could think of was how I would probably be arrested for being in the same room as this kid if we were in Canada. @_____@
An eventful day.
Culture Corner:
If you're sick in Japan, the polite thing to do is wear a mask like this:

It's not uncommon at all to see people walk around with a masks like this on, although it's a little difficult for me to wear one as an English teacher as the students have to watch my mouth for pronunciation and it makes my skin break out.
So, I teach at one school that has 14 students in total in attendance and yesterday, one of them was sent home early with a fever. Today, 9 of the 14 were absent from school so they shut the whole school down for 6 days to prevent any flu break-out. Now everyone is asking me how I feel and if I feel sick, or have a fever etc. I have a headache and a sore throat, something I "forgot" to mention. We'll see how I feel in the morning.
I fear it's the mask for me.