Mizuka

I’ve been taking lessons from Mizuka Sensei for a while and I’ve come to the conclusion her superpower is consistent inspiration. At least for me, learning language has had several peaks and valleys. I hit the frustration wall often - yet Mizuka sensei always finds a way to encourage you to continue or find a breakthrough point - even a small one. That’s the real secret, to have a teacher who encourages you through the plateaus. She’s really committed to your success as a student.

To convey my most accurate sentiments, I must resort to English. I just want to say that I always look forward to our exchange of dialogue spiced with teaching moments. The most important and rare quality that this wonderful lady possesses is that she is an almost inexhaustible source of goodness. She devotes herself completely to whatever task she attempts, and her positive energy and attitude is highly contagious, but not in a loose way. She’s kind and understanding and patient, but also highly organized. Frankly, I don’t want to praise her too much because I fear generating too much competition in trying to book a time slot with her. But if you are a worthy student who can also impart something positive back to the teacher . . . Be that your devotion to learning the world’s hardest language or to learn about the teacher’s view of the world . . . And you can give back something positive to our teacher to keep her spirits and energy high . . . Then by all means we can share lol

Although the time passed so quickly Mizuka sensei really packed the hour with helpful guides on using levels of certainty/maybe and as always takes the time to make sure I can understand properly. I’m really excited to work on the material this week! ありがとうございました！

瑞香先生👩🏻‍🏫のお陰で私の日本語は短時間に得意になりました。Thanks to Mizuka as a teacher👩🏻‍🏫, my Japanese in a short time got pretty good. 今日、文通する相手は私の手紙の上手の日本語で驚きました。Today, a partner of correspondence was surprised of the level of Japanese proficiency of my letter. 全ては瑞香先生のお陰で、私は瑞香先生を誉めきれないです。🌸All thanks to Mizuka Sensei, I can't praise her enough.🌸

Turning back to basic things is often most helpful in advancement and Mizuka sensei really put a lot of time into creating a conjugation chart for me based off my weaker verb understandings. Not only did this help to illustrate my weaker verb areas to focus on but also gave me a critical study reference based on those weak points. I was so impressed Mizuka sensei takes the time to truly understand weak learning points on an individual level. Her focus to each students level is fantastic. 本当にありがとうございます！

Thank you Mizuka sensei for always pushing me forward in lessons and helping me find small wins and gains each week! てしまう was very interesting to learn about! 今週の予定は[てしまう]勉強する！