English Tips

Went with Mana today to a middle school to listen to the practice speeches that a few middle school students will doing next week Tuesday. Her and another friend that came along gave the kids tips about performance and poise, while I gave advice on pronunciation and so forth.
It was an interesting experience because of our relative statuses, the students had to speak to us politely by obligation, whereas we spoke to them normally. It was probably my first time actually being in that position where I could be justified in speaking plainly to someone I had just met. Such is the way Japanese works.

Not saying I was on a power trip because of that, but it felt good to be recognized as someone's senior physically through the use of language.