So Near And Yet So Far
07 May 2012
I've been meaning to write an update for a little while now but I've been too busy stressing out over my Japanese portfolio to actually find the energy to do it. I swear, the Japanese module this year has been so much more stressful than all of the other modules combined; including the dissertation! I don't know what it is but I've seemingly lost all confidence in Japanese. I don't feel like I've progressed very much at all this year, even though we've been studying some fairly high level material.
I guess it just seems like there's not been any sort of structure to the teaching. Apart from the few weeks of keigo practice we had, the lessons seem to be jumping about from topic to topic without giving us enough time to soak it all in. Plus I'm in effect taking seven modules worth of classes this year so the workload has been higher than before, meaning that I can't put as much energy into Japanese as I did in the first or second year. I've had to prioritise my other subjects since they're worth more marks in the overall scheme of things.
There are only a few weeks left to go now before I finish my undergraduate degree, but it still feels like I've got a small mountain of obstacles in front of me. I just hope I can somehow make it to the finishing line. After that I'm going to have to work out what my aims are for the next few years. I know I definitely want to go back to Japan for the long-term, but I've not figured out exactly how I'm going to achieve that. That's something I'll have to seriously think about in the next couple of months.
Posted byHocchan at 3:04 pm
Labels: Daily Life, University
