My ninensei students were asked to write a few facts about their hometown and I spent the afternoon reading their short compositions. Here is a selection of cute or strange statements I encountered.
"By the way. Do you know Neiga? He is very cool, because he beat many a bad person."
Many towns have a sort of local "superhero" mascot. Occasionally they achieve mainstream appeal. Neiga is one such hero from this area. And he has beaten many a bad person."We have the babahera. It's ice cream. It's makes some old women."
Don't eat the babahera. It ages you. And it sounds more like some sort of Persian folk dance than ice cream."Honjo isn't all beautiful. I don't love my city."
I want to give this student a hug. You're right, kiddo- let's get out of here. It's 250 km to Sendai. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses."Honjo Station is very interesting."
No it's not! It's a train station with some vending machines! Imagine the poor junior high school student going there on the weekend for entertainment."Honjo udon is - eat a good nice delicious."
The udon noodles in Honjo are so good that it's hard to describe in sentences. This student rejects traditional form and practice in exchange for a more visceral connection to the reader. It's just words- words and emotion.
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