[duo797]

I've been studying Japanese on and off since I was about 13 or 14. I started seriously studying Japanese around my senior year of Highschool and am a Japanese major with a minor in chinese as of this semester (my second of sophmore year). I'm going to be taking a semester abroad in Hikone next year and hope to do a homestay so I can speak as little english as possible. I was at a very very very basic level of understanding until I came to college. I don't know what exactly happened but definitely once I got into an actual college class my understanding (including topics I studied outside of class) dramatically increased. That's my story in an abridged version, I suppose.