Learning to Bow

I’ve been practicing bowing. The Japanese bow A LOT. My goal is to become a very accomplished bow-er before I leave.



Here I am bowing to Mrs. Delaney in the Front Office. I'm saying, "Hello Helen, thank you for all the behind the scenes work you do every day.:






Here I am bowing to Mrs. Tolbert a Learning Lab teacher. I'm saying, "Good bye, I'm going to Japan and will not spend one brain cell thinking about MAP testing schedules."
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Here I am bowing to Ms. Gagnon, a kindergarten teacher. I'm saying Thank you for helping me get J-Dude to school while I'm in Japan.
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Here I am bowing to Mrs. Johnson our Gifted and Talented teacher. I'm saying Excuse Me but could you teach me some advanced math?
















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Miss G, my daughter, has been busy trying to teach Mogee, our cat, how to bow. He isn’t very good at it. We don't think he has the internal motivation to give it his best effort.





















I know what you are thinking. “Mrs. Kennedy. Bowing is simple. I want to learn about sumo wrestling!” Not so fast my friends. Bowing in Japan is sort of complicated. There are different ways of bowing. Depending on how “important” or how old the person is to whom you are bowing, the lower you go and the longer you stay there.
On Sunday evening I will be having dinner at the Japanese Consulate’s home in San Francisco. Imagine how low and long I will have to bow there!

To earn some KenYen, click here to find out what a Consulate does.