Is the prestige of German Cultural Center down the drain?
In September, 2012 I took a special German course at German cultural center in Kyoto. The teacher, named Peter Einstein, is famous for giving a lesson in a way half Japanese and half German as opposed to the policy of the culture center that all lessons shoud be done in German even for the beginners. He had been with the cultural center for more than 30 years. He had no problem speaking Japanese. There are two oppsoing schools of thought on how to evaluate his lesson. Some members are for his lesson, because they can ask Peter a question in Japanese. Other members are against him, because they want to speak German. He is from Kazakstan and he has some Jew blood, although he graduated from Bonn University with a doctor's degree. In the nutshell he was a notorious outsider in the institute. As for me I didn't take his lessons regularly, as I am fundamentally for the 100% spoken German course. Regrettablly in this particular September my favorite German teacher was away in ...