I have been in the hospital for a bit now and the hospital I have been taken to by the ambulance has a lot of super nice and genki people. Almost all the staff from the nurses to the doctors would try to talk to me in their limited English and it was really nice of them although I try to speak Japanese too as much as I can.
My doctor is very sweet and she comes to visit me a few times a day and would talk about random stuff like how my life in Japan here is like and such. Then this morning she came for her morning rounds and was asking me about my condition. She was trying to say something but she had a hard time and kept apologizing for it. I told her I appreciate how her English was so good and she got teary eyed hearing it and like she said “I study English everyday so I’m happy I can talk to you.” 😭 I could see she was in the verge of crying and she walked away quickly like she was in a rush but I could tell she was feeling emotional.
I feel bad how Japanese people put so much pressure on themselves to speak English like she is a medical doctor but I could feel how she thinks she’s inferior because of her English ability.