For the first five months here in Japan I’ve been taking one on one lessons at my language school, but the time has finally come for me to graduate from that and enter into one of the group classes that are part of the main program at the school. However as it turned out I was way ahead of one class, and pretty far behind the other. My teachers decided to put me in the more advanced class, and after having me complete my second text book on my own over fall break, have set out a plan to help me catch up by working with me after class. They told me October was going to be rough, and after a week in the class, I can safely report they were right.