Setagaya Ward Group Lesson Students

I’ve been teaching English group lesson(s) at various buildings in the Setagaya Ward Office complex since October 27, 2004, which as of the date of this post makes just one month shy of four years.  The students for these lessons have all been Setagaya Ward city employees of differing departments and seniority.  Pictured above is Shigeko, she has been in the lessons since almost the very beginning.  

Back in October of 2004, there were actually two group lessons on different days.  One class began losing students due to them being too busy, so the classes got combined into one lesson.  For years this lesson was at 12pm on Wednesdays.  It was a kind of cornerstone lesson for me from which I based several weekly shopping expeditions and newspaper purchases.  

So when earlier this year the students told me they needed to change the lesson to only twice a month and on Thursday evenings, my Wednesdays, and work week overall, were somewhat radically changed.  

Now, there are just two students remaining, the aforementioned Shigeko and also Sachiko (both pictured below).  Shigeko hikes and goes horseback riding.  Sachiko is actually a dentist by trade, but has worked for Setagaya City for years, no longer peering into mouths.  

This has long been one of my favorite lessons.  

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