First day of school
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First day of school Sunday September 4
Today's the first day of school. This morning we had orientation, and now this afternoon, I will have an oral interview. Theoretically, I should be nervous about that; however, because everyone knows that the sole purpose of me being here is to learn Japanese, it is to be expected that not everything will go flawlessly.
Rather, the whole point is for them to evaluate my weak points, and then slowly help me work on them. So far so good.
To evaluate my writing, though, they simply asked us all to write a 400-1000 character (2-3 page) piece for Wednesday. Oi! First day of school and there is already homework.
The working man lifestyle wasn't so bad... Foellinger, I miss you. Almost as much as I miss Chance, and my family and friends. Oh, let's face it. Home isn't that bad at all.
Neither is here; it's just simply different. It's not like I "escaped" from Urbana -- I came here to do something I couldn't do there. As Todd will tell you, though, it's quite a cool place to live. Homesickness isn't necessarily the desire to return home, but rather a desire to feel the way you feel when you're at home.
Last night was a good start in the other direction: Michael and I rode bikes around Roppongi. I'm not so far from home, now am I?
