Big in Japan: Why 30 is the new 20

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I remember back in 10th grade I had a Japanese teacher who was an "exchange teacher" from Kobe, Japan. She was ridiculously hot. She also turned 25. The funny thing was she kept making a big deal about how old she's getting. "Ugh... I am a quarter of a century old... Ugh... this makes me sad..."

Now us students thought she was just joking so we kinda egged her on. Though we were quick to reassure her anyway. I mean she's freakin' hot and actually doesn't look 25. On our first day, we thought she was a very well-dressed exchange student!

She was a great teacher who not only taught us the language, she also taught us the culture. Often she'd hold extra-curricular activities such as field trips to various Japanese cultural events or even invited us to her apartment and teach us Japanese crafts and cooking.

Of course she taught us about courtship in Japan, or rather the lack of it. You bet some of us male students wanted to court her!

After two years, she returned to Japan and I have no doubt she got married.

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