Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:53:15 -0500 From: Michael Cash Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Declan's school Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:53:18 +0900 Message-ID: <6c72h2tbegdg3l6gugh10nu042pj6f1qbg@4ax.com> References: <1hlq04u.f0mht41950ookN%al@privacy.ne.jp> <1158513021.939774.270610@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <1hlvazv.yyviht1u83mp6N%al@privacy.ne.jp> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 31 X-Trace: sv3-WJDENYqHjVzoEpwWeZ+ahyoYFBJ0cF64O61ipza7KoNO7l8qrouF1QXQeajbACHiiVyK+LCWPBZQpsL!AWRbwaOteKUrX33yZqDNXbN29NqB6qt/5BYKqvDTc1RLhXJY1RpNI1cdQ+3wLd5FpJHn3LQ= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:164393 On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:59:39 +0900, takeshi brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed: >I remember going to a kanji class with the old Kuroda and coming out >with about 4 badly written kanji out of about 20 that she "taught" (ie >had a chat to the 2 Chinese students about them). No idea what the >readings or meanings were, no hand out, no reference text. Just 50 >minutes of utter confusion. > >The intermediate sylabus at Yamasa is a total shambles (or more >accurately a complete lack of) and needs to be seriously sorted out. >There's very good reasons few crackers can manage to get passed the the >first bit of intermediate. But with the lack of interest people like >Declan take in student complaints that's not going to happen. Spin and >lies is much easier. Or maybe you belonged in the beginners' class? -- Michael Cash "Clowns to the left of me and jokers to the right, Mr. Cash. Clowns and jokers." Prof. Ernest T. Bass Mount Pilot College