Teacher: The subject of today¡¯s lesson is ¡°Time.¡± To begin, I¡¯d like to ask you some introductory questions. For example, ¡°What do you think about people who are always late?¡±

Student (after arriving 20 minutes late to the lesson): I think those people are very rude! Japanese people are never late.

¡ª Arakawa, Tokyo, Overheard by a Japan Times On Sunday reader

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