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NO WAY!. Bad idea. DANGER DANGER! I’m a teacher and I’m married to a Japanese kansaijin (a person from the kansai region; commonly known for their more outgoing personalities When I asked her what the difference between ‘gatsu’ and ‘getsu’ was she started to explain the usage of kanji. I tried to listen but got impatient with her answer and began telling her that I didn’t care about the kanji, I just wanted to know how to use them in a sentence–speaking. She continued to tell me that it depends on the kanji. Now what do I do? I can just sit there and listen for the next minute or so, or try to get to what it is I want to learn. If I EVER had a student that was so eager to learn like me, I would have a heart attack. After we went back and forth to no avail, she came into my office and told me that I don’t understand what it’s like to be a student. She said that I only think like a teacher. And that’s why I couldn’t learn from her. I agree to a point. I don’t know what it’s like to be a Japanese student, but I do know that if a student begins asking questions about something, the teacher should listen and try to understand where the student is coming from in order to simply and precisely convey the meaning. I have many years ahead of me, here in Japan. I might just need to learn a different style of listening and learning. But do I really want to do that? You must be logged in to post a comment. |
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). As a teacher, it’s sometimes…I take that back…usually difficult to ask my wife questions related to speaking or writing Japanese. I know she means well, but we just have opposite ways of going about the same answer. She believes the sensei is a lecturer and the student is a listener who needs to know the process for coming to a particular conclusion. My ‘conclusion’ today was the difference between ‘gatsu’ and ‘getsu’. 
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