Ilene passed her language exam, of course. That's her tutor, Tuan, getting the news with her. He's translating the fine print on her certificate for me, and like everything else in her scholastic career, it basically says she's the smartest kid in class. (Not that past experience helped her feel any more confident beforehand. When she's in the old folks home she'll probably worry that she's not fully prepared for bingo.)Kidding aside, this was her main goal of the trip, and she worked super hard on it. The certificate actually says she passed the equivalent of a five-month course of study, even though it was about 1 month with Tuan in January 2008 , 2 months this summer and a lot of homemade self-guided study in the meantime.
-Robert
