Never too late to learn new things

Although he did not know what he wanted to be when he grew up, Garret Sokoloff, a retired New York City public high school teacher, knew one thing: he wanted to learn new languages all his life. With over 24 years of experience teaching Japanese and Literature, Sokoloff, 67, has returned to Vietnam for the second time to continue his journey of learning Vietnamese. In an interview with The Saigon Times, Sokoloff shared why he chose to learn Vietnamese and his experience in the country.