Konbanwa!
Pickard desu. I'm from good old South Bend, Indiana-I was an extreme chicken when it came to going too far away for college. I love Notre Dame! Although I've only been to two whole Japanese classes so far, I'm starting to get really excited for the course! Yes, it'll mean many hours memorizing characters and stroke order but that's okay with me! I've been interested in Japanese culture since I first saw Sailor Moon when I was 6. Now my interests have thankfully grown wider than just cartoons. There's basically 3 things I'm really looking forward to in this class.
1) Learning how to hold a Japanese conversation.
2) Learning enough characters to read and write basic Japanese.
3) Experiencing the culture of Japan.
I hope someday to work for the government or maybe an international company (Nintendo anyone??) in relations with Japan.
