In Japanes class, students are practicing writing Kanji. The teacher is going around giving them advice

T:        Mr. Bailey, you'll have to write your characters more carefully. See. Your horizontal lines are higher on the left than on the right. When you draw lines from left to right, don't let them drop on the right side. It's better if you make you horizontal lines go slightly upward to the right.
B:       I see.
T:       Oh, Mr. Blanc, you're writing that wrong. You have to draw the horizontal line first, and then the vertical line. Please turn the end of the line up to the inside.
B:        Is this the way?
T:         Yes, that's it. Mr. Parker, yours are written well. You all know how to write them now, don't
             you?  Well then, be sure to pactice the Kanji that you've learned today, and memorize them for
            tomorrow.
Students: Yes.
T:        Well, this is all for today.
S:         Good-bye.
T:         Good-bye.
B:         Shall we go home together?
B:         I have to look up something at the library and I also have to go some place on the way home,
             so please go on ahead.
B:         Oh, I see. Well, I'll go on home. I'm expecting friends this evening, so I have to get home early.

           Foriegn students in Japan must first of all learn Japanes. With this in mind Bailey, Blanc and Parker are studying the languages. Every day, they have homework and must read and review their lessons, so they can't play around all the time.