Well, after 3.5 weeks of classes, some of my Hebrew students finally took me up on my constant offer of out-of-class study help. The three guys that were interested came over to my room and we all sat down on the floor and got to work.
Since I don't have a chalkboard or anything in my room, I quickly came to the conclusion that the best way for me to illustrate stuff was to direct my book towards them and point at and read the relevant items. Since they were on the business side of my book, that left me reading things upside down. Okay, right? I've been reading English for almost my whole life, so that's not too big of a problem.
Well, the thing is, a Hebrew textbook tends to have not only English explanations, but also Hebrew examples (big surprise, right?). For those of you that don't know, Hebrew is written right to left, the opposite of English. In other words, backwards for a native English speaker. So, I was having to read/think not only upside down, but also backwards, hence the title. It actually worked out surprisingly well, but hit me as a little funny, so I thought I'd post it, haha.
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