Breathing in the reality that you, yourself, are going to take on another language, this alone can be considered a decent challenge. But when it comes to taking on Nihongo with a specifically focused lens, creates a behavior not unlike obsession. And as such it probably requires it, especially when you reach my age.::laughs:: I'm sure that if I had tried my hand at picking up the japanese language as a teen ,it would probably been a little easier. Regardless, the language requires a great deal more time and concentration than others, as it is so filled with intonation necessities, as well as three entirely unique text systems. This element alone has been the one thing that has require the most of my attention. And as such, it never fails that something else gets missed...
No problem..This is where managing your away-from-class time. And despite the fact that my penmanship has never been remotely stellarific, this helps create even new capabilities,and understandings. There is an entirely new set of dimensions that come from taking in an almost new volume of context into a wholly new piece of greay matter.
I think my firsts sensei expressed this best by calling Nihongo education "creating an entirely new section of the brain, like growing a new muscle that was never there before."
Now I myself have my own set of reasons as to why I put myself through this. So this is where I ask those young and old to remind themselves as to why. I love the culture,and have always had a love for the sounds and feelings emitted by listening to it express itself. A lot of my reasons are uniquely packed within these feelings as well as the more surface reason.
I can't clearly explain all my reasons on a blog, let alone any kind of text-based scroll, but the riddles are always nudging me forward. Now here's to seeing it through and finding out where it leads.
