The trigger for this last incident was pretty bad. She loves teaching, especially at the university. She has spent the better part of the last month preparing for the next semester. She was going to teach Japanese 102. The professor who usually teaches that course would have been teaching Japanese 301. Unfortunately they only have 2 or 3 students signed up for 301 so they may not give that class and that professor will take her 102 class back. Wakana MAY be out of a job, one she loves, one she had her heart set on.

Where I get lost is in trying to comfort her. Obviously I didn't do a good job. Or maybe she just needed to strike out and I was a convenient target...

I don't know.