{"id":77,"date":"2015-04-05T11:50:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-05T11:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulemile.wpengine.com\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2021-05-13T07:23:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T07:23:28","slug":"schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/paul-emile.jp\/en\/schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"schedule\" class=\"et_pb_section regular_page et_section_regular\" style='background-color:#ffffff;'>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_tabs tabs_content\">\r\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"et_pb_tabs_controls clearfix\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"et_pb_tab_active\"><h2><a href=\"#\">Classes<\/a><\/h2><\/li><li><h2><a href=\"#\">Class times<\/a><\/h2><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_all_tabs\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_tab clearfix et_pb_active_content\">\r\n\t\t\t\n<p><strong>Tuesday, \u301c Saturday. (English)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The target class size is 8-12 students. &nbsp;This applies for both English and French classes. &nbsp;Please note that, for now, 12 is the maximum number of students\/class. &nbsp;(non-negotiable)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a maximum of 12 students\/class, there are only 120 seats available at any given point in time. Once 120 seats are filled, then prospective students must wait until the next term to begin their studies. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et_pb_tab --><div class=\"et_pb_tab clearfix\">\r\n\t\t\t<strong>All class times are 2.5 hours in length.<\/strong> One hour is never long enough. &nbsp;My trumpet lessons with professional musicians are always in 2 hour blocks or longer. &nbsp;My tennis lessons are also in 2 hour blocks. &nbsp;When I work on my various areas of focus, I most often work in 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, or 4 hour blocks of time. There are numerous reasons for doing this. &nbsp;It takes the same amount of time to set up and take down, whether one works for 30 minutes or 4 hours on any given focus area. &nbsp;Considering the facts that students often have to commute long distances and that commuting costs time, money, and takes energy; I want students to get the most out of their time when they come to school. Long, focused, blocks of time are best. &nbsp;This results in a higher learning curve as it allows for more time present in a \u2018state of flow\u2019. &nbsp;I believe that schools teaching adults in blocks of time that are ridiculously short are not serious about the well being of their students. &nbsp;They are likely in the business of making money, first. &nbsp;Somewhere down the line, perhaps some consideration is given to learning, education, instruction, and effective time management from a teacher\/student perspective versus from only a business perspective. \u203bThere are 2 short breaks in class, after each hour of class time, lasting 5-8 minutes each time. &nbsp;(depending on how tired the students are) &nbsp;An optional \u2018quick stretch break\u2019 also takes place during this time.\r\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et_pb_tab -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et_pb_all_tabs -->\r\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et_pb_tabs -->\u203bSchedule\/class times: see Japanese page.\r\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et_pb_column -->\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_blurb_position_left\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_main_blurb_image\"><span class=\"et-pb-icon et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\" style=\"color: #b2b2b2;\">Z<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<div><u>Twice a month, a 2.5 hour block of time is selected for an open forum discussion on <\/u><u>various selected topics<\/u>. &nbsp;This time is flexible, because I ask students in advance about their preferred time.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_2_0_1_14470716420882151\">This open forum discussion is very philosophical in nature, as we discuss (in English, naturally) many subject matters and current events. &nbsp;Students might also be asked to make a book presentation, thereby resulting in a question and answer format.<\/div>\n<div><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\n<div>We also have many round table like discussions during this open forum, with the teacher guiding and moderating.<\/div>\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et_pb_blurb_content -->\r\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et_pb_blurb -->\r\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et_pb_column -->\r\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et_pb_row --><div class=\"et_pb_row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_center home-contact\">\r\n\t\t\t\n<h2>Contact us<\/h2>\n<p>Feel free to contact us for interviews and further information!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"contact-button\" href=\"\/en\/directions-to-the-school-and-coordinates\/phoneaddressemail\/\">Talk to us now<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et_pb_text -->\r\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et_pb_column -->\r\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et_pb_row -->\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et_pb_section -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To offer high quality, thorough, integrated classes with the aim of giving students the skills necessary to implement in society what they learn in class.<br \/>\nEnglish and French lessons are available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-77","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/paul-emile.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/paul-emile.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/paul-emile.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paul-emile.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paul-emile.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/paul-emile.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/paul-emile.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}