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| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5176 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 505 of 1702 23 August 2012 at 10:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Class was fun. The teacher told us he assumes we forgot everything so that took a lot of pressure off. The
course is a grammar course and I haven't forgotten everything but I have forgotten a couple things which is embarrassing and other stuff is a bit rusty. His classes can be a little intimidating however and I was nervous. I'm still gauging the skill level of the other students and don't really know where I stand.i will say regarding kanji I am probably way ahead - but this isn't a kanji course heh. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5176 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 506 of 1702 25 August 2012 at 4:54pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm in a bad mood over the stupid Apple ruling. Apple outlawed other smartphones from competing with them
apparently. And will get a check for a billion dollars for no reason. Wow. So dumb. I want to boycot their products but I'm addicted to them darnit. I signed up for a Japanese History class too. We've had one class so far - it's a hybrid Web / Classroom class and looks interesting. It's just a 100 level college course so it doesn't look too difficult. The book is really light weight. It's called the Heritage of Japanese Civilization or something. The teacher is Japanese and I'm hoping it's a good course. I haven't done one of these hybrid courses before so I'm curious to see how it goes. I already did my assignment for JPN 201 that's due 9/10. It's a review packet of sorts, going over all the stuff from the past two semesters that we all forgot or just need to refresh. It starts off with writing out the hiragana / katakana charts on the 1st page, then translating some katakana words into English on the next page, and then translating some words written in regular kanji for a couple pages. The last part is the only one that made me look up stuff. I've posted in this forum about it in the past - basically looking at stuff written in Japanese and determining if there are any grammar mistakes and if it makes enough sense to be considered correct. The latter is particularly annoying since the sentences leave the context up to the imagination. Anyway, so I did that. Today I'm going to do the sheets that we're doing in class but won't be passed in at all. I'm guessing in terms of doing the work I'll be way way ahead of anyone else in the class. They're just kids so they put stuff off to the last minute most of the time. I did the same thing when I was their age. I would make such a better student now lol. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Takato Tetraglot Senior Member HungaryRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5040 days ago 249 posts - 276 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, EnglishB2, GermanB2, Japanese | Message 507 of 1702 26 August 2012 at 3:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
Really? I use Android. Is it illegal to use? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5176 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 508 of 1702 27 August 2012 at 2:15pm | IP Logged | |||||
Youll have to read up on it. They're still trying to figure out the ramifications. It's not so much android that was found to be infingining on apple at the moment as samsung. Something about the phone being rectangle and having round edges... I'm really confused to be honest. Nothing I read about the case makes sense to me. I'm hoping Samsung wins its appeal. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| g-bod Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5974 days ago 1485 posts - 2002 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, German | Message 509 of 1702 27 August 2012 at 2:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Do you remember back in the nineties when there was Apple and Microsoft, and Microsoft were said to be the bad guys with their business practices? I guess it won't be too long before people become convinced that Google are evil too (well, I guess some people already believe that).
Just remember that any of these products might be convenient, or pretty, or shiny, or bring a little bit of consumer joy to your life. But you can still achieve a lot with just a pad and a pencil. I'm think I'm generally taking a fairly low-tech approach to German (well, as far as recorded audio can be considered to be low-tech) and so far, so good. It's probably easier because of the alphabet issue, but I'm still going to try and apply what I've learned back to Japanese somehow. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Brun Ugle Diglot Senior Member Norway brunugle.wordpress.c Joined 6612 days ago 1292 posts - 1766 votes Speaks: English*, NorwegianC1 Studies: Japanese, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish | Message 510 of 1702 27 August 2012 at 2:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Wow! I didn't know Apple invented rectangles?!?!?! Who woulda thought!
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| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5176 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 511 of 1702 27 August 2012 at 5:41pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yeah I don't get it. And rounded corners... Samsung needs to make them sharp and pointy I guess?? It's confusing. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5176 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 512 of 1702 27 August 2012 at 5:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
I'm trying to be high tech heh. I haven't thrown out my notebook and pencil though. I tried to share the audio from a note taking app with another student and it was a huge hassle due to proprietary formats. Makes me want to go back to paper, pencil, and mp3 but I haven't totally give up yet. It's nice carrying everything at once with an iPad. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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