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Jun. 30th, 2012 08:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
arishaSo I was telling my mom about a "What have you done since JET?" thread I was reading where it seemed that the people who had planned what they were going to do went home and did great and the people who hadn't planned a thing went home and got stuck for years in a mess of reverse culture shock and jobs they didn't even like.
Me: "But I think I'll be okay because I'll be busy going back to school."
Mom: "Maybe ... or maybe you'll just sit at home forever, too scared to go out into a world where people don't bow all the time."
Well ... I'm glad she's preparing for the worst?
Man I can tell you right now that when I go home the culture shock is going to be heinous. OH WELL no point worrying about that until thirteen months from now!!
P.S. The online classes are going amazingly, everyone is super nice~. I'm going all out and doing private lessons (twice a week) and ~supplementing~ them with group lessons (when I feel like it) so here's hoping it doesn't take too long before I feel like I'm improving. Also KANKEN IN TWO WEEKS aaaaaauggggggggh~ I've been studying the 200 fourth grade kanji since January so I'm feeling pretty confident about passing, but since I got a perfect score last time I feel like I gotta try to get as close as possible this time! ~~PRESSURE~~
Me: "But I think I'll be okay because I'll be busy going back to school."
Mom: "Maybe ... or maybe you'll just sit at home forever, too scared to go out into a world where people don't bow all the time."
Well ... I'm glad she's preparing for the worst?
Man I can tell you right now that when I go home the culture shock is going to be heinous. OH WELL no point worrying about that until thirteen months from now!!
P.S. The online classes are going amazingly, everyone is super nice~. I'm going all out and doing private lessons (twice a week) and ~supplementing~ them with group lessons (when I feel like it) so here's hoping it doesn't take too long before I feel like I'm improving. Also KANKEN IN TWO WEEKS aaaaaauggggggggh~ I've been studying the 200 fourth grade kanji since January so I'm feeling pretty confident about passing, but since I got a perfect score last time I feel like I gotta try to get as close as possible this time! ~~PRESSURE~~