- 24 May 2004
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I"m taken a break from these forums, hopefully for good.
Despite how many good members there are, I don't really like these forums. How many times now have I threatened to leave? Too many.
So I'll just call it a break. The forums would be better without me, and my terrible spamming anyway.
Like jt_ said, "GCL has no focus." Gee, I guess 9 hours a day is no focus. Recently I've been focusing on more stuff at my level.
Here's what my friend says, he's been studying japanese for 1 year now:
Well I think a lot of people stop trying because of kanji
Chibi Tenshiko (10:49:18 PM): But, anyone who says that most people fail are full of it.
Chibi Tenshiko (10:49:28 PM): The people who fail are the people who don't care, you know?
Chibi Tenshiko (10:49:58 PM): And even if someone never becomes completely fluent, they can still live in Japan and kepe trying. I wouldn't listen to whoever said that.
Chibi Tenshiko (10:50:16 PM): I know people who have lived in Japan for years and still sometimes have trouble conversing in Japanese
Chibi Tenshiko (10:51:51 PM): My biggest problem was writing too.. I think that's definitely where most people give up. But the writing system in some ways can be the easiest.. because you can just look it up and see how to write something and then you're all set. People like to say Japanese is harder than it is!!
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Mikecash seems really fluent. Almost boastful. And yet, he's given me helpful advice, and some advice has literally pushed the boundarys between critism and constructive critism (being polite here)
Jt_ is very helpful, and I agree with everything he says except for the "lack of focus". This is pretty much a flat out insult to me..
Plus, many people mentioned I should be banned for the spamming.
In the words of the wise mikecash:
"So far, I haven't seen a single teenager who lived in japan, or didn't give up on japanaese. I'm sure GCL will be the same way."
Thanks for the encourgement, buddy.
So, I'm better just going at my own paste, and getting a tutor. The nonsense about not putting what people said to use is just nonsense. Absolute nonsense. I've learned alot here, but people get aggreviated, or some some BS like I'm not learning from what they say because I repeat mysel fa few times. This is so far from the truth..
Even Elizabeth has put me on ignore now. (from the PM's)
To people that I really like:
PachioPro, you make the great posts. You have the best advice. Your last post literally had me in tears. You are just that great.
Elizabeth, thanks for all the help.
jt_ thank you
Macimao, thanks for the 'reality' check about japan. Ive learned alto from you
Frank D.White, you are the most caring, humorous person I know. God bless you for peopling out others.
Despite how many good members there are, I don't really like these forums. How many times now have I threatened to leave? Too many.
So I'll just call it a break. The forums would be better without me, and my terrible spamming anyway.
Like jt_ said, "GCL has no focus." Gee, I guess 9 hours a day is no focus. Recently I've been focusing on more stuff at my level.
Here's what my friend says, he's been studying japanese for 1 year now:
Well I think a lot of people stop trying because of kanji
Chibi Tenshiko (10:49:18 PM): But, anyone who says that most people fail are full of it.
Chibi Tenshiko (10:49:28 PM): The people who fail are the people who don't care, you know?
Chibi Tenshiko (10:49:58 PM): And even if someone never becomes completely fluent, they can still live in Japan and kepe trying. I wouldn't listen to whoever said that.
Chibi Tenshiko (10:50:16 PM): I know people who have lived in Japan for years and still sometimes have trouble conversing in Japanese
Chibi Tenshiko (10:51:51 PM): My biggest problem was writing too.. I think that's definitely where most people give up. But the writing system in some ways can be the easiest.. because you can just look it up and see how to write something and then you're all set. People like to say Japanese is harder than it is!!
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Mikecash seems really fluent. Almost boastful. And yet, he's given me helpful advice, and some advice has literally pushed the boundarys between critism and constructive critism (being polite here)
Jt_ is very helpful, and I agree with everything he says except for the "lack of focus". This is pretty much a flat out insult to me..
Plus, many people mentioned I should be banned for the spamming.
In the words of the wise mikecash:
"So far, I haven't seen a single teenager who lived in japan, or didn't give up on japanaese. I'm sure GCL will be the same way."
Thanks for the encourgement, buddy.
So, I'm better just going at my own paste, and getting a tutor. The nonsense about not putting what people said to use is just nonsense. Absolute nonsense. I've learned alot here, but people get aggreviated, or some some BS like I'm not learning from what they say because I repeat mysel fa few times. This is so far from the truth..
Even Elizabeth has put me on ignore now. (from the PM's)
To people that I really like:
PachioPro, you make the great posts. You have the best advice. Your last post literally had me in tears. You are just that great.
Elizabeth, thanks for all the help.
jt_ thank you
Macimao, thanks for the 'reality' check about japan. Ive learned alto from you
Frank D.White, you are the most caring, humorous person I know. God bless you for peopling out others.