Every time I get so fed-up with being here to the point that I just want to curl up in a ball and stay at home, something happens to snap me out of it.

In my least favorite san-nensei (third year) class, they had to pair up and do an activity. So my favorite student (I wrote about her a few weeks ago; she's the one with the limp) paired up with another student clear across the room. Over the course of my time here, I've noticed that the girl she paired up must have some kind of learning disability. Throughout the activity, the girl with the limp helped the other girl, even writing down the dialogue for her. In America, she would be scolded for doing the assignment for her, but in Japan, it is a necessity for the good students to help their peers.

When they performed their dialogue in front of the class, I gave her the biggest sticker I had.