Interviews with Japanese in Utah: Nobuzo Endo

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Nebuzo Endo 3-21-84 s2:14 everydody did well. My parents don't have to tell me that I did well, because I know. is that right? NE Oh, yeah. SF Is that the way they would have thought. NE Well, that's fine. SF I mean at the begining. NE At the beginjng. That would create some encouragement. You ~e. And your instructor sometimes in~ases like that, even your instructor will say, so and so, you did pretty good to*Vf. keep up. OK. That's the advise he gives you. SF So the instructor has the right to tellme that I did pretty good. BUtnot my parents. NE {laughs} SF When you were growing up. Theother thing is, that maybe if would be - If my parents said something, it would be encouraging pride and not encouraging doing the judo for the judo sake. DO you know what I mean. NE I can see what you're trying to get at. The relationship between parents and their children .. But, now, parents have to have to know this - their children may be did pretty good, what. If judo, there is a more and more higher -- SF Of course, NE He has a long road to go up. You see. SF Of course. So all in all, sometimes parents won't say - he knows a 11 t h at, that f ee 11. ng, he ~~~ all that feeling, but he won't say too much to the children. But the instructor