That actually happened to me, but only for a day. I was in Japan and I was 17 years old. I’m half Japanese on my Mom’s side but born and raised in the US. I was visiting family in Fukuoka and one of my cousins brought me to her high school. Her all girl high school. It was not so much like this:
But rather like this:
Things back then were a bit more reserved, it was the 70’s after all. Anyway, I was a head taller than everyone around me (though I was not even 6′ tall) and aside from a few teachers and administrators, the only male in the entire school.
However good you think it was, it was better than that.
Not weird though. I was the center of attention the entire day and this was the singular opportunity I had in my entire life to feel what it’s like to be a rock star. Giggling girls that practiced their adorably accented broken English on me asking questions and talking through their hands as is their wont to do. I happen to know how to use chopsticks, I know some Japanese and I can fold Origami birds and anything you can do or say that is Japanese as a foreigner they view as magical.
I don’t think I ever had such an enjoyable day. I think things would calm down over time but the temptations would make doing any school work nearly impossible and you would graduate from HS as an idiot.
But rather like this:
Things back then were a bit more reserved, it was the 70’s after all. Anyway, I was a head taller than everyone around me (though I was not even 6′ tall) and aside from a few teachers and administrators, the only male in the entire school.
However good you think it was, it was better than that.
Not weird though. I was the center of attention the entire day and this was the singular opportunity I had in my entire life to feel what it’s like to be a rock star. Giggling girls that practiced their adorably accented broken English on me asking questions and talking through their hands as is their wont to do. I happen to know how to use chopsticks, I know some Japanese and I can fold Origami birds and anything you can do or say that is Japanese as a foreigner they view as magical.
I don’t think I ever had such an enjoyable day. I think things would calm down over time but the temptations would make doing any school work nearly impossible and you would graduate from HS as an idiot.
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