Today was the meeting of one of the best groups of teachers in the country, ACET in Fukuoka. They are just such a great bunch of people, and I figured I’d just pop along to see a teaching workshop from the teachers’ side of things! And it was really great, I got a ton of new ideas, and it was cool chatting to people. Yeah, at the end of the day what people want is not fancy theory or opinions, what they want are good solid techniques and ideas THAT WORK! Which gave me a great big boost for the new Genki English stuff! And if you’re genki and friendly and teaching in Fukuoka, check out their next meeting in May! In the afternoon I popped into Maruzen. And apart from being embarrassed for the second time today by seeing my poster on the wall (the first was when the song used in the ACET meeting was my weather song!), I found some good new stuff, including a great new Apricot picture book by Nakamoto sensei. She really does have some great ideas! Because this took up most of the day I had to get up at 3AM to get my computer work done. And I finished at 1AM. But it was a pretty good day all the same!