I just woke up from a nightmare about the big test we're having in Japanese class today. This is the written portion of the chapter test.
In my dream, Murakami-sensei (my liaison at Mizobe Gakuen) was giving the test. I discovered that I couldn't even write my name in katakana. After struggling with the first page for awhile, I decided to leaf through the test and answer as many questions as I could, rather than try to work through the test sequentially. But I couldn't answer any of the questions. All the other students completed the test and left the room. I told Murakami-sensei that I was going to work until she called "time". She replied, "Well, I'm calling time now."
I handed her the almost blank paper. "But I know the answers! Just ask me something."
"What time is it?"
I tell her.
"That's wrong! You say it ...."
"But that's how Cooke-sensei taught us to answer."
"Well, then. Cooke-sensei is teaching you wrong." Thankfully, at this point I woke up.
Wow! I didn't realize that after 12 years I still harbored so much resentment and frustration toward Murakami-sensei. Somehow, though, it doesn't surprise me that she was the one to appear in my dream to tell me I would never learn Japanese.
Posted by M Sinclair Stevens
October 14, 2002
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i want to know how to spell my last name in japaneses or if there is a symbol for it please give me the answer thankyou Cody Savage
Comment by: Cody Savage . Posted December 21, 2002 03:21 PM.
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