<p>yeah, well chicago japanese is a beast
At least cause the professor that wrote the book made it ridiculously aimed at kanji readers, imo. Least friendly book ive ever used.</p>
<p>I took intensive japanese at chicago last summer (only first trimester tho) with Katagiri sensei. And then when i got back to high school (im a senior, going to McGill next year) i placed into japanese 3 easily and ended up getting the highest grade in the class both semesters. Now Im in Honors Japanese 4 with the highest grade still.</p>
<p>Chicago japanese (at least intensive) is brain kill, imo. If you plan on getting a good grade that is. I got a B+ cause the stupid final brought my grade hecka down.</p>