Literature
Story of Hikari Kurokawa
My name is Kurokawa Hikari. I live in Yokohama, Japan. Two weeks ago, I was fired from my job. I used to work in the "Tōkyō Yokohama Doitsu Gakuen" as a german language teacher. I love the german language, or languages in general. Grammar is like a game to me. But ... I was a bad teacher. The students would just never listen to me. No matter, what I did ... I tried to be loud, I tried to be strict, I tried whispering ... maybe that would make them curious and get them to listen ... I even tried to be funny ... but ... nothing worked ... it was as if they didn't even hear me. Nobody paid any attention to me. I've always been very inconspicuous, but I have to feeling that in the last month it has gotten worse. Yesterday I had met my neighbour in front of the appartment complex and even though he was looking in my direction, he didn't greet me. Not a word. Not even a short nod with the head. Even when I greeted him, he just ignored me. I'm looking for a new job, but ... what