Japanese Lesson

On Wednesday I had a Japanese lesson. My teacher is this old Japanese man who used to be the principal of the junior high school I work at. He just sort of showed up one day and said he would be teaching me Japanese for $10 a lesson. This was totally planned without my consent and they just sort of assumed that I would want/accept the lessons. The guy speaks almost no English, but he said his wife would make me dinner sometimes, so I figured I’d give it a try. The first lesson went ok (no dinner by the way). He sort of taught me things I already knew (like “good morning” – which I have to say everyday – “thank you”, “sorry”, “hi my name is”, “I come from…”) but insisted on teaching me them anyway, and then got impressed when I repeated them back so quickly. I feel like I could more efficiently teach myself these things, but I think I’ll hold out and see if they become worthwhile… At least they’ll provide some material for this blog (for $10 a lesson)…