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The first class went pretty well. I was not sure at all that I fit into such a high level class, but a few people seem to speak worse than I, so it's all right. There's also a few folks who are way out of my league as well. In particular one nice woman was a teacher of "English Conversation" in Japan for a year or two (the majority mumbled their names and so I have no idea who they were; I tagged the aforementioned lady as "W1").

We've also got a Japanese exchange student, Mariama Yoshino (probably... see above about the names). My goodness, she is pretty. W1 immediately zoomed in on her, and pestered her a bit after class. Good call, if you want extract the maximum from the class. I did not quite understand what Yoshino was doing in the class. Usually such helpers fall off quickly, but if she's getting an academic credit, she'll be around to help.

The rest of the class is rather a blur. I tried to pay attention to them, but all for naught; my crusty old brain cannot cope. About half spent a college term in Japan or lived in Japan for one reason or other. At least three identified themselves as gamers. There's a guy (Brandon ?) who has graduated this summer and works as a sysadmin, so his academic status is probably the same as mine. Also, there's a student from Korea, who appears to be fully fluent in Japanese and wants to mooch an easy academic credit. And that's about it.

Mrs. Bomberger (the instructor) made a positive impression; unlike my previous teacher, her teaching method does not appear to be a stark terror.

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