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November 27, 2002
Sensei
I am so thankful that tomorrow is my last Japanese class. Don't get me wrong, I loved the opportunity to keep up with the poor Japanese skills I had, and was even able to make them slightly better, but I cannot take much more of the teacher.
A week before my interview, I went up to her to tell her that I would be missing the next class, and if I could write the test on Wednesday instead of Thursday. Here's roughly how the conversation went:
Me: (In Japanese) "Excuse me sensei, but I will not be able to make it to next week's class."
Sensei: (In Japanese) "Ah ah! Use the form we learned in class today!"
Me: (struggling because the form had nothing to do with what I was asking) "Um, class... uh, me?"
Sensei: "Say 'May I leave class early today?'"
Me: (confused)"May I leave class early today?"
Sensei: "Yes."
Me: "But what about the test?"
Sensei: "What test?"
Exasperated, I just asked her in English. She told me to meet her at 4:00 on Wednesday to write the test.
Wednesday 4:00 rolled around, and she wasn't in her office. I went to the classroom, and there she was giving a lecture. I waited for 15 minutes, but she showed no signs of ending the class. I knocked on the door and reminded her of my test. She informed me, rather coldly, that her schedule had changed and that she was in the middle of teaching a class. Without so much as an apology, she told me to come back at 5:00.
5:00 I met her in her office, wrote the test, then had her explain what was required of me for the final project. She said she didn't have any handouts with her, but that she would leave some in the office by Monday. If the handouts weren't there on Monday, I should email her and she'll have them for me before class on Thursday.
Well guess what. No handouts, and no reply to my email. So, I'll be handing something in tomorrow, but God only knows if it's what she wants. Somehow I feel I'll be losing marks over this...