I am trying to give useful information for foreigners about Japanese Universities. Too many times have I seen ambitious foreigners go straight to University in Japan but then come out with some fabulous degree and end up teaching English. Well guess what, due to the economical condition at the time, they have had to return to their home countries!Originally posted by kt san
oh gosh
this has turned into a battle field....
and Takuya is starting to degrade bored users...
this is quite interesting....
is it natural to assume that 4u english people don't do japanese...
i did that at the beginning of yr 12 ext 1 jap + ext II engOriginally posted by kt san
is it natural to assume that 4u english people don't do japanese...
despite wat u've said...have u noticed ur expressions in da pass couple of posts...Originally posted by Takuya
I am trying to give useful information for foreigners about Japanese Universities. Too many times have I seen ambitious foreigners go straight to University in Japan but then come out with some fabulous degree and end up teaching English. Well guess what, due to the economical condition at the time, they have had to return to their home countries!
But this idiot comes and turns it into a "My University is better than yours" argument, which is very disappointing.
My english may not be that great, but I made an effort to work REALLY hard at it (speaking, listening, writing) before I even thought about leaving Japan.Originally posted by Takuya
2. If you don't [expletive removed]ing know why I am in Australia then you need to go back and learn some more English girl. Where the [expletive removed] did you learn English so good anyway? Reading your posts seems so nice, "J Girl".
How much do you know about psychology to say something like this? Remember that psychology and med are interrelated fields anyway. As lexi has said, if you want to become a Dr, you will probably have to learn to work with psychologists - not all problems in life are physiological. Some problems arise from psychological causes and turn into physiological problems, and vice versa. Being a good doctor or psychologist means being open to both fields for knowledge. At present, you sound pretty close-minded to one of them.Originally posted by Takuya
3. What the [expletive removed] is with psychology being flavor of the month? You know what psychology is - it's a course for the idiots who want to do a medical degree for the sake of it but aren't good enough to study medicine.
From High School in Japan to University in Australia.Originally posted by Takuya
4. Let me get this right. You are a high school student coming from Japan to study in University in Australia, or high school student coming from Japan to study in University in Japan?
This I can empathise with, because I know how some people get a kick out of Japanese people's sentence structure and word use and label it engrish, and when lexi said he thought he saw some in mine, it was a touch upsetting because I've worked hard at my english. I know it's not great or anything, but I'm trying (Hopefully they were just typos!)Originally posted by Takuya
Also while I am at it, I want to stop hearing the words "jap" and "engrish". Why? Because I have words to call foreigners, and describe the way they speak Japanese, but I don't use them here. i.e. learn to type 5 extra characters.
this was in response to lexi's question about why I wanted to come to Aus to study psych/med -psych is a lot further advanced in Aus even though it's more commonly practiced in Japan.Originally posted by Takuya
What the [expletive removed] is this [expletive removed]: "even though Tokyo is meant to be equal number 1 in the world -proportionately- with New York, in terms of number of psychologists working"
I never said any university was better than another.Originally posted by Takuya
But this idiot comes and turns it into a "My University is better than yours" argument, which is very disappointing.
all of a sudden takuya sounds so adorableOriginally posted by Takuya
BLAH BLAH BLAH
All I really wanted to say through all this bullshit was: "JAPS HAVE FEELINGS TOO YOU KNOW".
Now, ignore the swearing and listen to what I've had to say about Japanese Universities, because Koizumi's welfare reforms won't help lost foreigners!
Yes (we can see the 49/50 in your custom ), but you're jumbling everything together! Did you study Japanese in high school?Originally posted by AsyLum
Having done EE2 last year, and entering the foray of japanese in uni this year ( oh my god its so intensive ) ... and not being a natural english speaker, i think ive done quite well to get a 49/50 for ee2
Think of saying something simple like "hi, how are you?" in both Spanish and Tagalog - aren't they the same construction?Originally posted by Lexicographer
Tagalog is not similar to Spanish in terms of construction, though about 60% of its vocabular load is derived from Spanish.
What is so flawed with the American dialect?Originally posted by Lexicographer
Most natural speakers of Tagalog don't have too much trouble when they come to an English speaking country because English is one of the languages of instruction in all Philippine schools. However, the English used is crap. Really. It's based on the American dialect, which is flawed enough, but it's also poorly taught and pronounciation is given no emphasis. So, they tend to have very strong accents (which are never completely lost, even after extensive immersion).
Trilingual sounds good in theory, but what good is it knowing how to speak Spanish or Tagalog in the business world? (Outside of Spain/South America/Philipinnes).Originally posted by Lexicographer
I think it's an amazing loss from the old days, when Spanish, English and Tagalog were evenly used. Those Filipinos who could afford an education came into the world trilingual! That's why people like my parents could become quite affluent overseas, whilst now even people from the very best universities are discriminated against outside Asia. Very sad.
No, they are very different actually. See if you can find them and you'll see what I mean.Originally posted by j-belle
Think of saying something simple like "hi, how are you?" in both Spanish and Tagalog - aren't they the same construction?
I must have been thinking of the vocabular load when I said they were similar.
It's awful. They can't spell, they can't pronounce word properly, they have NO linguistic or etymological knowledge (some of them can't even identify German as related to English!) and they completely IGNORE what little grammar normal English has left. It's terrible. I prefer Indian English.Originally posted by j-belle
What is so flawed with the American dialect?
I agree wholly with the strong accent part.
Well, Spanish is the most widely spoken Romance Language in the world (instant key to Europe, All the Americas (except Canada). Tagalog is quite good for SE Asia (since it is so close to Indonesian) and English is excellent anywhere.Originally posted by j-belle
Trilingual sounds good in theory, but what good is it knowing how to speak Spanish or Tagalog in the business world? (Outside of Spain/South America/Philipinnes).
I must say that's an interesting theory...I had heard much about the trade links between China and the Philippines before Spanish Conquest, though Japan has never been mentioned to me before 1941. I do know that many Japanese had the approval of the Filipinos (since more often than not they believed the "saviour of our asian brothers" propaganda) though many old wounds still throb. Despite these, a number of "aiko" are to be found with not American but a Filipino parent, which I think is an excellent thing.Originally posted by j-belle
Do you Lexi (or anyone else here), know much about the connection between the Philippines and Japan in history? I have Filipino friends who have Japanese surnames (yet their parents both appear and are Filipino). It's quite confusing, and one of them went as far to say that Filipinos are a mix of Japanese, Chinese and Spanish (but I don't believe that).