Why I'm Studying Japanese:

I chose to study Japanese because as a kid, my dad tried to teach it to me and my sister, an effort that we both never truly appreciated. We both only remember the most basic of phrases and random words. I've always enjoyed learning languages, but have really only had the opportunity to learn more traditionally taught Western/Romance languages in school (ex. Latin, French, Spanish), so I definitely wanted to study an Asian language in college. My sister and I both wanted to get Japanese back, so we both decided to start with a first-year Japanese class this year at our own colleges.