Back to Class

Well school has started for me once again. And what was my first class of the day you ask? Japanese 102, at 8 am. Oh joy. Don't get me wrong, I love learning Japanese, but 8 am? Sigh. It's the same time my Japanese 101 class was last semester. It's great that I have most of my classes in the morning to get them out of the way, but I end up waking up at 6:30 in order to eat breakfast and get to class on time.

Anyway, Japanese is every day. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are ACT classes where I only speak in Japanese, whereas Tuesdays and Thursdays are FACT classes where we focus of the written language and grammar. Today, being Monday, meant that I had to speak Japanese. And let me tell you. Trying to remember everything you learned last semester and haven't touched for three weeks at 8 am was not fun. It wasn't so bad because we weren't being graded for that class, but more than once I could barely respond to whatever question my teacher was asking me. And I did have to finally say once "Sumimasen, zenzen wakarimasen." Or in other words "I'm sorry, I don't understand at all." Which can be kind of embarrassing since everyone is looking at you and you feel like you should know it and you don't.

Aside from that, I think that this semester will be pretty cool. There are only six students in my ACT class, and they seem pretty nice. I have a feeling one may withdraw, but I hope not because I would rather if our class did not become any smaller than it is. ACT class is taught by TAs, so I haven't seen my professor yet, but I had him last year so I know what to expect for the most part. I'm super excited to learn more, but I know I better review what I learned last semester if I want to keep up.

I hope all you other students are doing well in your classes, and that this semester will go well for you too.

Good luck with your studies, ganbatte!

-Cami