the beginning.

Hello all! This isn't my first time blogging, but this will be my first time blogging in a foreign language.

When I was younger, I was interested in anime. This lead to an interest in the Japanese culture and language. In my hometown, it is difficult to find a school that offers Japanese as a language. I technically started studying Japanese when I was about 12 years old. I taught myself for a year before finding a private tutor. I studied with her for 3 years until I received a scholarship opportunity to study in a Japanese high school for my sophomore year year. After two weeks I returned to the US because I found out much too late that the high school would give me only a "Certificate of Completion" for my classes, rather than actual grades. My US high school would not accept this certificate and I would have had to repeat my sophomore year over again had I stayed in Japan. During the rest of high school I did not study Japanese because I busied myself in advancing my Spanish skills. Over time, I forgot much Japanese unfortunately. A freshman in college now, I am more than continue where I left off in studying Japanese, but I need much reviewing obviously! I am still studying Spanish as well and I hope to double major in the two languages, as well as ideally spend at least a semester in Japan.