[SaginumaEki]

Nah, the teacher did have direct authority over all the ryuugakusei. I think they thought we were too dumb to understand what we were doing and that we weren't used to Japanese customs to understand. Whenever someone got yelled at, they would just laugh. And we even started a Tanaka Sensei fan club becuase he would get so angry whenever we forgot our indoor shoes or whatever. Everyone was actually really chill, and whenever our host brother/sister would get in trouble we'd go talk to Tanaka Sensei. He'd just tell us that it wasn't our fault and go on ranting. As for marks, I asked my host mom, and she todl me that they can't put marks if they have a ryuugakusei becuase they need "special attention." It was more funny than serious. LOVE my host family. I miss them so much. Ugh!