[KyleGoetz]

I went to one of the nation's best Japanese-language instructing universities. I don't know anyone who got less than a B except those who never attended class or didn't try.

I majored in abstract mathematics, was an officer in a couple university clubs, had a social life, and still found time to make straight As in Japanese classes. I'm telling you that only lazy people find language classes hard enough not to make a B.

But whatever, I don't know you, your work ethic, your desire to learn Japanese, or what university you're going to.

I just find it very sad when I read you capitulating with statements like "as we all know dreams aren't always reality." You're (presumably) 18. You're not supposed to think like that until you're 30 or 35! At 18, you're supposed to live like everything is possible, because only in that way can you accomplish great things!

At the very least, please don't cast off future dreams so easily; it will slowly destroy you.