takeshi wrote:
> Al wrote:
>
> > No idea whether the older lady "Kuroda-san" would still be working at
> > the school 8 years after I met her there, but her approach to teaching
> > (fast talking: if someone doesn't understand, don't speak more slowly -
> > just repeat what you said as often as necessary and tell the "kids" lots
> > of real-life stories), though outright scary the first 2 or 3 weeks at
> > the school, has been an inspiration for me over the years.

Kuroda-sensei to you matey :-)  Okinawa is obviously way too informal.

She taught me briefly just before JLPT1 in '96, and retired about 18
months ago. When AIJP was created she was one of the initial team
auditors, and IIRC was the only one not rotated through SILAC during
any of the 3 cycles completed since then. I audited about 20+ of her
classes after 2001, mostly at intermediate level, some AJSP, and while
I don't know if my surveys were one of the reasons she didn't get a
SILAC gig or not she didn't seem to mind and I don't think it mattered.
Some instructors prefer the relative stability of AIJP, and she was one
who fits that bill.

> > Just popped into my head, so I thought I'd mention it here.

Pops and mentions noted.

> Yeah she was pathetic.

Behave. Working with a diverse group of people is never easy, and
wherever results could be numerically quantified her performance was as
good as any.