Teacher’s pet…not

My sensei gave me this piece of macadamia chocolate for beating the kangaroo at the JLPT 2 test.

BUT, we both failed. Hardly a triumph in my books.

I must give her credit for being such a cheerleader, though. I expressed feeling discouraged over being unable to remember much of the grammar I have been studying. Everyone knows the answer to this common problem: you hardly get to use these complicated grammar structures, so they just don’t stick around in your head.

But she said that repetition is the key to being successful in learning Japanese and we have one more year (technically 10 and a half months) to give it another go.

Out of curiosity, I asked her how many times her students take the JLPT 2 test before they passed and she said, “Three to four times.” Hmm, good to know. She also added that it’s the same for JLPT 1. You know, that would take a good six years at least to get to the highest level. Wow, what a reality check.

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