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  1. Farming will become very lucrative, Farms will be hot assets. A lot of white collar jobs will disappear. Healthier people, Most jobs would be physically demanding. People will meet often, No Facebook/twitter. http://www.iec.edu.in andrew
  2. Don’t use anime has a study guide. Its likes someone learning English by watching Teen Titans. Half the stuff being said is made up and some parts of it aren’t even English! Dorama (Japanese Drama) is a good substitute. The main reason is because you can hear the accents, versues the voice-acting, and get a good hold of how certain things are pronounced. Also, it helps separate female speech and male speech. Books! Japanese textbook is a good thing to have. Some are bad, but if you get a good one it could be a very useful resources. College level sounds good. Other books are good too! I have ‘bout.. 4. Things dedicated to certain parts of the language are extra helpful, such as verbs and particles. Learn the basics. Hiragana and Katakana. The, move on to Kanji. When on the kanji, start to work on your vocabulary. For all writing styles, learn the proper stroke order and stick with it! Don’t get used to mistakes; bad habits are hard to break. After some time of working on vocabulary, you should start also working on the grammar. I would do it in that order because it doesn’t make much sense to know where words go if you don’t know any words. When you are at this stage, get an account on something like Lang-8. Its basically a language peer-editing site. Lots of fluent Japanese speakers and natives there willing to help you. Also, learn 'bout the culture! Don't just go into the language, learn about the culture. The more sense you can make up the people, the more sense you can make up their language. So, subscribe to blogs and news sites (in english of course). Subscribe to anything 'bout Japan and Japanese people and the language that you like. Tofugu is a great place to start at. Japan Probe, Japan Today, Kanji-a-day, and all those places are good. PS. When you are learning, its best to really.. Say it out-loud. Most of the words you will learn you will hear in a drama. So, say it and hear it so that you know where your weak and know where your strong. ..Don't learn from anime. Like, there are so many ppl thinkin' they speak Japanese when all they are doing is quoting Naruto. Dattebayo! Its good to get used to speaking the language! So, try to fit as much of the language as you can into everyday life. Like, instead of saying/thinking "Oh, i'm going to be late for school" be like "i'm going to be late go 高校/university/high school/whatever". Also, use firefox. Its has many plug in's and whatnot that are very helpful when learning 日本語 :] (Make it to where you can type in japanese..good stuff!)
  3. as a professor in an engineering university i would suggest you to read a lot of books, magazines, and newspaper articles. Those nearly always go through an editing process before publishing, so they will be the best examples of good grammar, punctuation, and proper formatting. What goes into print is usually edited more thoroughly than what you find online, because people pay for it and expect the best quality. If you already read a lot and still have trouble translating it into your own writing, there are many published books, articles, and classes available that can help improve these skills.
  4. I started learning Japanese at the beginning of High School right through to the end of High School. I could read Hiragana, Katakana and recognize around 50-60 Kanji. I was also at conversational level speaking for self improvement. I am now again studying Japanese at University. It is a hard language, but like any language you learn, it's all about practice and repetition. I am also studying at University with students that didn't learn Japanese in High School and this is their 2nd year studying Japanese. They are pretty much at my level. It really depends on the intensity of learning. Japanese is really a great language - don't feel discouraged either if you sometimes find it difficult ganbatte ne! (Good luck!)
  5. I'm not trying to replicate childish speech so much as avoid using phrases that sound inappropriate for a child to use. In fact, I lean towards replicating Japanese speech patterns where possible because that's what lolicons would expect, especially those looking to play a game in Japanese (here I translated a description for the game to list on VNDB).
  6. This is the sequel to a long-running message board roleplay I participated in with several others. It's based on the PC RPG Baldur's Gate II, and the main character Aerie is a character from that game. We would take turns posting updates to the ongoing story. The writing style is a bit immature, but you can see some of the influences shared with Memory's Burden, the first chapter of Memory's Wounds. I wrote further additions to this story, but sadly they've long since been erased from the forum it was originally posted on. This is all I have left of it.
  7. All things considered, I can't attract to spare my life, yet despite everything I have some of my fired pieces from my secondary school class. A little box that I based off of a Mimic, otherwise known as those beasts that resemble a fortune mid-section. A portion of the photos are somewhat hazy.
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