Junko

I would like to start introducing my readers to some of my english students. They are, after all, a big part of the experience I am having here and it's only fair for the readers who really want to walk in my shoes.

All of my students have been remarkable gracious people. But even in a country that is famous for it's manners and hospitality, this one stands out. Please meet Junko.

I head over to her house which is close to mine every other friday. She serves up the tea and the smiles and we speak in english and cover a few exercises I prepare for her. Her english is quite advanced. She has been studying for some time and has even spent a month or 2 in the the states with a host family. When she is done university she wants to be an english teacher. She is currently working on her Thesis fo school. The other day she offered me a questionare to be completed for her study, an exercise in pronoun comprehension. I was happy to complete it and return it to her. I was even happier to find that I got all her questions correct. Whew! That could have been embarrasing. HAHA!

Junko's hobby is shopping, well window shopping mostly as now she is playing the classic role of a starving student, a role she plays with a lot of class.

She has 3 sisters. Yikes! Here she can be seen with one of her sisters and her Niece.

More student profiles to come as I can collect them.

Take care Vancouver.