Regarding the Sept. 21 front-page article "Nova may close hundreds of schools": As a Nova student for 11 years, I think it's a shame that Nova has been so criticized by the media. We love Nova's system, which includes flexible lesson-time schedules, voice rooms (one ticket lets us be there seven hours to speak English every hour with teachers as they change). There are no other places to speak English freely in Japan unless we have foreign friends or work for a foreign company.
The prospect of Nova's bankruptcy makes students and teachers suffer. We hope Nova stays in business. Otherwise, we'll lose our place to speak English!
hikaru maeda
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