 When I first met Lily, she didn't talk. Our first meeting, she brought a friend to translate. So that's where she started. I thought she was very shy. She is not very shy. She loves to talk. At first, we did basic things. Alphabet, numbers, money. We played games with money. Shopping for food, grocery store, restaurants. All sorts of things. My English is very bad. I want to find a tutor to teach me. I can... My English is better. I can go shopping. I can... With my friends, the American friends talk about something. I can do my work. It's better. I can do anything. Because I have this activity. This is sometimes the center of my day and other things I do around that appointed time. It also engages me in the community of Amherst in a way that as a retired person, I might not. It's also a different kind of teaching. I've always loved teaching, but teaching one student is very different from working with a chorus or a class. It hones my skills. I find it very interesting to find solutions to these sorts of problems. They're not problems, really. They're challenges. It's intellectually stimulating. I've also met other tutors. The people who do this are good people. They're generous people with their time, and they have many different skills to offer.