Hello,
I'm French and I live in Iwate, Japan. I'm trying to get a Japanese teaching license at Iwate University (I'm a graduate student in English Education). I'll be doing the practicum (ナステ?ツ習) this year (in fact, it starts this month. XD) at a Japanese JHS, so I'm really busy right now with all the meetings, and I spend my time writing the lesson plans.
Nice to meet you!
I have great respect for you as a foreigner to go through those terrible English classes you need to pass for English education!!
Good luck with the practicum!