Foreign Language Therapy

"Is she ever coming back?" he pleaded with me. He was about to cry. I poured my student a cup of coffee and asked him to tell me what happened. This was our first class together.

"I took her for granted. I cheated on her. But I want to be better."

Language teachers are good listeners. In a society with such a profound shortage of therapists, it's a good thing there are so many English teachers. The girl in this picture is thinking that very thing: "The person who listens to me best is my Gaba English teacher."

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