Language

One of my college classes is a beginning Japanese class. I've taken it in hopes to become fluent in the language eventually for a future career.

I had taken such a class before, but went through some trouble in my second semester of my first year of college, and such decided to just start over. Its a nice refresher and I'm a lot more motivated to do work now.

Anyway, I hate when people are in a beginner language class and feel the need to show off that they know more of the language than the class's absolute beginners. When everyone in the class is asked to speak in a certain pattern, some students feel the need to extend the pattern so it is more advanced, to get the teacher's attention and to effectively put down the other kids in the class. "I bet you didn't understand what I just said!" is what I get from such a situation.

In my first Japanese class's syllabus, it reads that if you are an advanced student, you should not make yourself extremely obvious. Blend in with the rest of the class, answer questions as normal. Language classes are often uncomfortable enough as it is; the teacher often says things that the beginners won't understand, and does not explain them. That's part of the learning process. Eventually you begin to understand what the teacher is saying to his/herself and become more comfortable in that environment.

Speaking of class, I have that in an hour. Later.

Hello

Welcome to Reverants. With time and the motivation to do so, I'll be posting my latest combinations of random letters, numbers, and curse words here.

Let me introduce myself... just another college student that enjoys experiments in mathematics, otherwise known as PangYa, an online golf game. Most posts will be in reference to said game.

In terms of news, school started back up. So far I've actually enjoyed it, though it is a 45-50 minute round trip walking to and from school, which I can see getting sort of annoying. Oh, well. Exercise was never really part of my repertoire, so this is a nice change.

I scored -39 on Ice Spa the other day. It really could have been a few strokes better. I missed a HIO on Hole 16 by 0.56y, and was unable to 6I chip Eagle Hole 13. I did not take any pictures of how well I did. Usually when I score well, I smile for a second and forget about it; this is a case of that happening.

At this point in time I am not sure how often this blog will be updated, so it may die out at some random time. Until then, enjoy!