Two Diaries
Here's a piece I wrote back in 2010, while teaching English to international students in New York City. Based on true events, with names changed and some minor embellishment. “Will you read my diary?” he asks me. “It help me write English better, and you can tell me what is more natural way of saying things like this.” My Japanese student Yoshi presents me with his daily journal for revision and explanation every day after class during my lunch break. I teach English to im