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January 18th must be marked on the calander.

Yesterday over lunch I made myself a deck of flashcards to help me study kanji. Forty four cards in all. For lack of anything better to do, I went through the deck with Reiko once, telling her the meanings and pronounciations of each of the forty four kanji. Now, understand that Reiko has no prior knowledge of the Japanese language. After going through the deck once, I proceeded to go through the second time to see how many Reiko would remember. Take into account that she was eating at the time and not really paying attention the first time through.
Although she could not remember how to say them, after telling me the meanings of the first five cards correctly, I made her a bet that if she could get 50% of the meanings of the kanji correct I would give her cookies. So begins the challenge.
Reiko wins with an astounding 31/44 correct.

While the challenge was taking place, Kai, having been freed from his classroom prison, joined us just in time to see Reiko's amazing victory. Jealous by the fact that Reiko was now getting cookies, he decides to take up the challenge. He comes out on top with 26/44.

Bah, when I think, I had a week to memorize the first fifteen, and another week for the second fourteen.....

Currently Reiko has taken up a second challenge. This time she is to remember all the Hiragana, including those with diacritics, a total of seventy one characters. Tomorrow she will be tested. Why is she doing it? If she gets 75% right she earns herself a home made apple pie. 95% gets a keylime pie. 100% gets a keylime pie with marrange. Currently she has brought herself down to only one in her incorrect pile. Can she remember them all for tomorrow, after sleeping and D&D all night????