Personal Statement:
While growing up, I was always fascinated on how the way Japanese animation was drawn and told their stories. I remember staying up late to watch one show or even two. Then I would play with my friends in at the playground pretending to be one of the characters in one of the animes I had watched from the day before and my teacher would always tell me to settle down because I would be too loud or noisy. Yes, I was an excited and healthy young boy. Since then, I had always watched anime in English until my father came back from his six month deployment in East Asia. He brought me a dvd set from my favorite anime at the time and for the first time I heard the character’s voices in Japanese. I thought Japanese sounded so cool. Later, I heard from my parents that we would be moving to Japan soon. At that time, I thought we were just going on a family trip and later found out we were staying there for seven years.
In Japan, we lived in an American naval base called Ikego in Zushi-city and I attended school from my fourth year in elementary school until my first year in high school. During my time in Japan, I was exposed to the Japanese language everywhere I went and experienced a lot of Japanese culture. I learned basic Japanese from my friends, cram school, and took my first actual class in high school. Looking back, it seems like a dream came true. Having been a military child really has its benefits being able to move and live to other countries. However, from a young perspective it can also be really hard to move any from your friends. Even though I was born in Los Angles, California, I feel like having spent most of my time growing up in Zushi that Zushi has actually become my hometown. Having lived in Japan and thanks to my family my motivation in learning Japanese have never been so strong which is why I chose Japanese language and culture as one of my majors here at CSUMB.
Before coming to CSUMB, I attended San Jose State University and took the majority of my Japanese classes there. After having transfer to CSUMB, I mostly have been taking the Japanese culture classes which help me create a better understanding of Japanese culture. In the future, if it is possible I would like to work in Japan either as an interpreter for a company or going to in marketing or accounting. Having lived in Japan and having studied abroad in Japan before, the transition on living in Japan was really easy for me since it reminded of me home. Even since growing up, it has been my dream to be able to speak Japanese fluently and live in Japan.
In Japan, we lived in an American naval base called Ikego in Zushi-city and I attended school from my fourth year in elementary school until my first year in high school. During my time in Japan, I was exposed to the Japanese language everywhere I went and experienced a lot of Japanese culture. I learned basic Japanese from my friends, cram school, and took my first actual class in high school. Looking back, it seems like a dream came true. Having been a military child really has its benefits being able to move and live to other countries. However, from a young perspective it can also be really hard to move any from your friends. Even though I was born in Los Angles, California, I feel like having spent most of my time growing up in Zushi that Zushi has actually become my hometown. Having lived in Japan and thanks to my family my motivation in learning Japanese have never been so strong which is why I chose Japanese language and culture as one of my majors here at CSUMB.
Before coming to CSUMB, I attended San Jose State University and took the majority of my Japanese classes there. After having transfer to CSUMB, I mostly have been taking the Japanese culture classes which help me create a better understanding of Japanese culture. In the future, if it is possible I would like to work in Japan either as an interpreter for a company or going to in marketing or accounting. Having lived in Japan and having studied abroad in Japan before, the transition on living in Japan was really easy for me since it reminded of me home. Even since growing up, it has been my dream to be able to speak Japanese fluently and live in Japan.
ILP:
Japanese Individual Learning Plan (ILP):
Resume:
I have provided my resume here in the window below. If you wish to see my Japanese resume scroll down and a link is provided.
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