Saturday, December 22, 2007

Self-Consciousness

Miki's problem isn't that she's shy. From her interactions with her mother, she is clearly energetic and outgoing. So why does she clam up when she's around me?

One problem that I know of is that her mother often listens to our tutoring session. Her mother is in the kitchen, which is adjacent to the room Miki and I are in, preparing dinner while I am there. Once, Miki was answering a question in English, and her mother became intrigued by hearing a string of English words coming from Miki, so she peeked around the corner to watch. Miki immediately stopped and was unable to finish.

The poor girl needs privacy! And I need to think of a way to politely say to her mother "Please don't do that!"

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