Every Tuesday, I go to the community center to talk with the five people in my town who like English. I really lucked out with this group because they love to talk, and they often help me. Today, Emiko told me how I can get rid of my old car, which kicked the bucket recently. Sometimes it would just stop working in the middle of an intersection, and I'd have to fiddle with the battery to start it up again. So Emiko asked a car shop in the area, and told me how to dispose of it. It's going to cost $100 to throw it away!
I can also discover interesting cultural tidbits from them. Today I learned that in Japan when a child loses a tooth, they either throw it on the roof or the ground. If it's an upper tooth, they throw it on the ground. If it's a lower tooth, they throw it on the roof. I told them about the Tooth Fairy.
The best thing is that I actually get paid to do this...it feels wrong somehow!
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