{"id":1933,"date":"2008-12-03T12:50:02","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T12:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=1933"},"modified":"2008-12-03T12:50:02","modified_gmt":"2008-12-03T12:50:02","slug":"teachers-run-around-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/03\/teachers-run-around-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers Run Around in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.modernmechanix.com\/mags\/qf\/c\/PopularScience\/6-1936\/med_tread_skates.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"186\" \/>Noriko Furuhata, the JET Coordinator at the Consulate General of Japan in New York, recently explained to me the term <em><strong>shiwasu<\/strong><\/em>, which literally means &#8220;teachers run around&#8221; and refers to December being an extremely busy month as everyone tries to finish up everything they need to do before year&#8217;s end.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to post comments if you have additional perspective on this term.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m just wondering how I made it through 3+ years in Japan and 7 years of JET alumni involvement without ever previously hearing about this. :-)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noriko Furuhata, the JET Coordinator at the Consulate General of Japan in New York, recently explained to me the term shiwasu, which literally means &#8220;teachers run around&#8221; and refers to December being an extremely busy month as everyone tries to finish up everything they need to do before year&#8217;s end. 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