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Class room for learning Japanese! Japanese Classroom (Nihongo kyoshitsu) Koko ni nihongo wo benkyou shimashou! Help each other to improve their Japanese. Ask anything about Japanese language! Rules: When you post something in Japanese, please avoid translating it in English or at least put it in a Spoiler Box. So members would read the Japanese text rather than just reading the translated. It would be better if you type in Romanji, too. Some people doesn't have Japanese software installed in their computer and they see only squares. Tutor/Sensei: @Pr1me 101 Students: Member List: Officer Kaoko xXLeration blueberry Henny-chan Detective Gin topgun741 Hatsu Anrika Emy Ulfsdotter Cheesus Rom Yui Tantei Shinichi Kiel Stopwatch Southpaw Xcommando Tna Uchiha Orangeburst Conankoibito Parkur Kaitou1412 kirite alicetama Rye Koukou-sei Tantei Momoko-chan Denz001 IdentityUnknown Xenonkid Vermouth-chan PS. This thread has created for all who are fond of learning Japanese. Kenny-sensei will currently be our tutor for now on ANNOUNCEMENT: We just created a blog of our own! Here's the link -> http://japanese-ken.blogspot.com Lessons & Courses Japanese Characters - Hiragana: Introduction to Japanese Characters & Hiragana: Lesson 1 - 'あ' [a] Hiragana: Lesson 2 - 'い' Hiragana: Lesson 3 - 'う' Hiragana: Lesson 4 - 'え' [e] Hiragana: Lesson 5 - 'お' [o] Revision of Lesson 1 - 5 Hiragana: Lesson 6 - 'か' [ka] (and 'が' [ga]) Hiragana: Lesson 7 - 'き' [ki] (and 'ぎ' [gi]) Hiragana: Lesson 8 - 'く' [ku] (and 'ぐ' [gu]) Hiragana: Lesson 9 - 'け' [ke] (and 'げ' [ge]) Hiragana: Lesson 10 - 'こ' [ko] (and 'ご' [go]) -> Lesson 6 - 10 Review Hiragana: Lesson 11 - 'さ' [sa] (and 'ざ' [za]) Hiragana: Lesson 12 - 'し' [shi] (and 'じ' [ji]) (yo-on included) Hiragana: Lesson 13 - 'す' [su] (and 'ず' [zu]) Hiragana: Lesson 14 - 'せ' [se] (and 'ぜ' [ze]) Hiragana: Lesson 15 - 'そ' [so] (and 'ぞ' [zo])

Ah, I'm laughing so hard right now. The regards to the school about forgetting to write? More intelligent people create more dumb people? Dependency on computers is a bad thing. Ahaha, priceless. First of all, what do you define as "writing"? I'm pretty sure Shakespeare wouldn't think a computer typing was writing, if he knew what a computer was. "Writing" is not simply the act of writing on paper. It is the communication of information through non-verbal speech. You're not forgetting to write if you overly use computers. I'm pretty sure I haven't written much in my life, but I can write essays and stories, no problems. But that's beside the point. You're not forgetting to write. You're doing it through a new medium. Your comment about "more intelligent people are, the dumber others become" is just plain ridiculous. I don't see any correlation anywhere. There will always be smart people, and there will always be stupid people. It's just how the world is; we can't fix it; deal with it. Bringing your laptop makes you dependent on computers and internet connections. I'm not completely sold on that. The typewriter hasn't replaced pen and paper (and neither has the computer, mind you, not yet), and movies, despite Edison's predictions, did not replace textbooks. People often presume that this "new technology" will soon take over another, older technology, and that is ultimately bad. However, history doesn't agree. It hasn't happened before, and it won't happen. Despite what you believe, we humans will keep following old trends that repeat over history. It's happened with civil rights: first came black males, then women, and now gay marriage. But more importantly, even if the computer does overcome pen and paper, what is bad about that? I'll put an old argument forward: paper comes from trees. But more importantly, it's a new medium overcoming an older medium. The Internet allows communication at speeds previously unimaginable, which can't be duplicated through mail. It allows new ideas to take root and expand like they could not before. The Internet is better and more advanced to mail, and a similar example comes here with computers and writing. Obviously, typing is much quicker and easier than writing. As a writer, it's important to get down ideas, because they tend to be rather transient. The computer was a godsend for me and other writers, making writing easier. And that is what technology is all about: making lives easier. You say that children are playing on laptops instead of playing outside. Well, first, I don't know where you live, but no, this is not completely the case. And yes, there is a gradual trend upwards of computer usage, but what do people tend to do on computers? Facebook. Social networks. Forums. Email. Online games. It's socializing without actually meeting. The jury is out on whether online interactions are worse than face-to-face interactions, but honestly, until there is evidence, this argument is invalid. And what's wrong with being able to use laptops? Do you know that many grandparents don't know how to use a computer? My grandfather is excited because he can use the mouse, goddamn it. Our society is evolving towards a society that is more technologically integrated, and being able to use a computer is going to be as necessary as say, driving. This is because of mankind's pursuit of a more comfortable life for all, because easier typing and faster communication is always more comfortable. In fact, people that are hesitant towards new technology, critical of it, and cling to their typewriters, are our greatest enemies, for they are the most naive and unknowing about the world. They impede our progress as the human race. We can shut them up. Unfortunately, there will always be stupid people in the world, like I said. A new world awaits us. Embrace technology, and move forward, ever forward. One day we will travel the greatest frontier, the black beyond, improve health and cure the illnesses that plague us, and yes, computers will be critical to this process. And we will trip, like we have in the past, but do not listen to the nagging voices that insist that the old ways are best, because they are not. We will learn from our mistakes and just grow further. Soon those nagging voices will quiet, and maybe once and for all.