Oops...

Well. It happened. The worst mistake I've made since I've been here. Here goes...

The grade 7 class at Nayoro Junior High was learning how to say "Yes, he does" and "No, he doesn't." They had sheets with questions on them, like "Do you play the piano?" and "Do you play baseball?" They then asked their partners these questions, and wrote down their answers. My job was to then go around the class and ask each student "Does he/she like baseball?" So I would look at the students partner and choose the correct pronoun. You may see where this is going...

So everything was going great. I'm almost finished the whole class. Then I look up, and to my horror realize that I have no idea if the kid's partner is a girl or a boy. And I panic. I have a split second to decide what to do.

So I guess.

Me: "Does........he play soccer?"

And I guessed wrong.

I threw off the poor kid who had to answer the question. So he replies, "Yes, he?...she?..." and the teacher helps by saying, "She" which is when I realized I had definitely failed in guessing the right sex of the student. Not only that, I am very sure that my teacher realized my wonderful error as well. Oh, the embarrassment.

And in my defense, a LOT of boys here have long hair.