What to Do in 9th Grade to get into Harvard

UCLAri
Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:39:37 +0000

The Ace,

Japan can be great. It can also be very bad. Remember that unless you are pretty much at a high school level of reading, writing, and understanding Japanese, life can be very difficult. Plus, Japanese is not a language that’s easy to “pick up,” due to its very difficult nature.

Unless the OP has Japanese down pat, I’m very hesitant to recommend schooling (unless it’s in a non-Japanese school.) As someone who has gone to school here (university level) I can attest to the fact that even with years of language training under one’s belt, it’s a rough ride.



Japanese attention to detail



I wish that carried over to their textbooks… SIGH.



Oh and karaoke. Compulsory for first timers.



Only fun if you can drink. Otherwise, it’s an hour of listening to Japanese drone to badly written pop love songs. Ayumi Hamasaki is bad enough to begin with. Now have it done badly, and it’s excrutiating.

Add beer, and all of a sudden it’s fun.