Learning Japanese in Class

I like Japanese, and despise school, so I thought it is was a good idea to study Japanese in class.

I’ve made myself a schedule for what to study.

  • First period - Vocab

  • Second period - Grammar

  • Third period - Vocab

  • Fourth period - Grammar

My teachers blocked Renshuu, but I found this site. It’s awesome!

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This seems very short-sighted. Neglecting the classes in your school curriculum will likely negatively impact your grades. This language learning should be an afterschool activity for you, if your school doesn’t offer a Japanese class.

If the reason for you despising school is because of difficulty with your classes, I would recommend speaking to your school’s guidance counselor. There may be ways they can offer you help to make you enjoy your classes more.

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Good idea. 80% of the stuff they teach you in secondary school is completely trivial. The things I learned in secondary school that are useful to me now would have fit into a single-year curriculum. In contrast, if you like Japanese, knowing the basics of the language might align with your future life goals and employment goals. I wish I had studied Japanese in the many hours I’ve truanted.

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Btw I hate schools and universities.

Gave up first after 8 years and second after 1 week

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How were you even able to get accepted into a university if you quit after eight years?
In Sweden we have 12 years of school before university studies. Is the requirement really that much lower in (I assume) Italy?

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I was applying in Ukraine
I actually have 11 years on paper because I finished school online , but actually saying I was not doing a thing about it.

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Anyhow, back to the topic, do you learn in class or outside of the class, I didn’t quite get it?
Period is like 1/4 of the year?
Maybe it’s better to do everything at once, grammar, vocab, reading, listening, just in little quantities?

A period is one session in a day. For example, a timetable for one school day may look like this;

1st Period - Maths
2nd Period - Science
3rd Period - Social studies
Lunch
4th Period - Music

@redlightakari
I agree, not all high school subjects are useful for everyone, but before completely giving up on every class, decide on what Job you want to do after school. Then, make sure it is achievable and and ensure you have the skills to get a job in that field. It really sucks to see students completely give up at school and then be stuck with a miserable future because they have to work a job they absolutely despise. Remember that to work in Japan you need a University degree to get a visa.

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I see. Thank you for clarifying. Excuse me if my comment came across as overly presumptuous.

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No no, everything is ok don’t worry :ok_hand:
(And in Italy it’s actually 12 years as well)

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Oh ok, thanks, I was unfamiliar with this topics vocabulary

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Dont do this. Focus on school, study Japanese outside of school if it interests you. Or get a group of friends together also interested in Japanese to study with during lunch break or something. If you have an interest in living in Japan one day you will definitely need to go to university. If not, then you should still be focusing on school because it will be more useful to you in your home country. Yes school can be boring but it is a “necessary evil” and once you leave school most people look back on their school days wishing they tried harder, I certainly do

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