When my parents began telling people I had been accepted into Ayusa, they were very excited and warm. While people often romanticize France and Spain and Germany as "foreign countries", Japan is something totally different. It's not a Western country. The language isn't derived from Latin, and they don't have a culture that's anything like our own, so lots of friends saw it as being something exotic.
As for the Gandhi quote, my mother always says this anytime I complain about something.
"Oh ma, I hate this class. It's so boring. Math is stupid."
"Be the chance you wish to see."
"Oh ma, no one writes letters anymore. I feel like such an old lady. I wish people still did things like that."
"Remember what Gandhi said."
"Oh ma, no one travels abroad. The school doesn't even have a way to make that happen."
"You know what I always tell you. Listen to Mohandas."
And you know what? She was right.
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