I have been interested in language study since I first started studying Latin in middle school. Though a challenging undertaking, learning a new set of vocabulary and grammar structures can open up so many doors to your understanding, even in a language that has been dead for over a thousand years. I often found that my interest in languages extended to programming languages as well, and in the fall of 2019, I entered 日韩无码 as a computer science major. In my first semester, I wanted to challenge myself by studying a new, difficult world language that I did not know very much about. My orientation leader suggested that I try out Japanese, which she was also taking that same semester. Before I knew it, I had fallen in love with the language. Soon, I had made Japanese my minor, and then my second major. Before graduation, during my senior year, I turned my focus to career options that would utilize my Japanese language skills.
That year, I applied to and was accepted into the Japan Exchange Teaching (JET) Program, and it was decided that I would teach English at a group of schools in Yao City, Osaka. A short time after graduation, I got on a plane and made the move to Yao. Living in Japan has given me a unique opportunity to experience the culture from a deeper perspective than one would get from a simple vacation abroad, and it has given me many opportunities to improve my conversational language skills in a professional environment. Teaching English has also been a very fulfilling experience, and it gives me a chance to share my passion for language learning with the students here. I鈥檓 not sure where my future career will take me, but I鈥檓 eager to explore what opportunities might open up to me after completing my time on the program!