Comments on: The Irrelevancy of Right and Wrong - Part 2 http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2009/01/18/the-irrelevancy-of-right-and-wrong-part-2/ Learning to Read Japanese by...Reading Japanese Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:37:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: アカン http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2009/01/18/the-irrelevancy-of-right-and-wrong-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-170 アカン Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:56:25 +0000 http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/?p=105#comment-170 Wow, so you still check this place out ocassionally then! Hope you're enjoying your new job. Too bad this place won't be coming back any soon =( Wow, so you still check this place out ocassionally then! Hope you're enjoying your new job. Too bad this place won't be coming back any soon =(

]]> By: Alex http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2009/01/18/the-irrelevancy-of-right-and-wrong-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Alex Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:05:33 +0000 http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/?p=105#comment-169 It makes sense that you might learn a European language being in the setting that you are. Glad to hear that everything's OK with you, Khalid! It makes sense that you might learn a European language being in the setting that you are.

Glad to hear that everything's OK with you, Khalid!

]]> By: Khalid http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2009/01/18/the-irrelevancy-of-right-and-wrong-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Khalid Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:39:39 +0000 http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/?p=105#comment-168 Sorry guys, I'm still very much around :) I was working independently from home before but took a full-time job with long hours (It's a trading firm). I continue to play with Japanese and have a lot of new thoughts on enjoying the language when short on time. My workplace is filled with many languages, none of which are Japanese :). I'm actually in Europe, temporarily, thinking that maybe I'll start Dutch and French sooner rather than later... Sorry guys,
I'm still very much around :)

I was working independently from home before but took a full-time job with long hours (It's a trading firm). I continue to play with Japanese and have a lot of new thoughts on enjoying the language when short on time.

My workplace is filled with many languages, none of which are Japanese :). I'm actually in Europe, temporarily, thinking that maybe I'll start Dutch and French sooner rather than later…

]]> By: アカン http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2009/01/18/the-irrelevancy-of-right-and-wrong-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-166 アカン Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:07:14 +0000 http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/?p=105#comment-166 Yes, where DID you disappear off to?!? Yes, where DID you disappear off to?!?

]]> By: gav http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2009/01/18/the-irrelevancy-of-right-and-wrong-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-165 gav Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:16:58 +0000 http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/?p=105#comment-165 hey - what happened? you haven't posted anything for a while now. hey - what happened? you haven't posted anything for a while now.

]]> By: Khalid http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2009/01/18/the-irrelevancy-of-right-and-wrong-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Khalid Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:29:05 +0000 http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/?p=105#comment-160 Thanks for those kind words Nora, I'm glad to hear you found something valuable here. I've found when evaluating Japanese learning advice, methods and philosophies, if it doesn't also apply to life in general, it may not be good advice. An example would be, how do you improve a friendship? If I apply much of the Japanese advice out there it would be, "Spend more time with the person, dedicate more thought, Find out their needs, wants and fears, be available". Quite a long list. And as you try to keep to that list, every time you slip up you think you're a bad friend. Or you could say, "Learn to enjoy the other person and the rest comes for free". Learn to enjoy their quirks, passions, opinions and preferences and spending time and thought is automatic (There's still a good amount of elbow grease, but now you're free to enjoy that too). So it is with a language, or creative writing, or engineering or art. If you can learn to enjoy it, then learning to do it well becomes much easier ;-) Thanks for those kind words Nora, I'm glad to hear you found something valuable here.

I've found when evaluating Japanese learning advice, methods and philosophies, if it doesn't also apply to life in general, it may not be good advice.

An example would be, how do you improve a friendship? If I apply much of the Japanese advice out there it would be, "Spend more time with the person, dedicate more thought, Find out their needs, wants and fears, be available". Quite a long list. And as you try to keep to that list, every time you slip up you think you're a bad friend.

Or you could say, "Learn to enjoy the other person and the rest comes for free". Learn to enjoy their quirks, passions, opinions and preferences and spending time and thought is automatic (There's still a good amount of elbow grease, but now you're free to enjoy that too).

So it is with a language, or creative writing, or engineering or art. If you can learn to enjoy it, then learning to do it well becomes much easier ;-)

]]> By: Nora http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2009/01/18/the-irrelevancy-of-right-and-wrong-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Nora Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:28:36 +0000 http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/?p=105#comment-159 You are phenomenal. I absolutely LOVED your article.. I am a highschool student, and I found that your writing not only applies to Japanese, but to life as well. I will work really hard and then I will completely burn out. For quite a while after that, I am Afraid to study again. Afraid I wont be as good. Or afraid: I will be bad. I avoid mistakes like the plague, and It causes me to totally burnout. In the long run: Its counterproductive to my learning! I want to Thank You so much for giving "me" probably the best "advice" I have ever gotten.. From now on I will do my best to try and not be afraid of mistakes and to accept them as a part of learning.. I will not hold myself back because I am afraid of making mistakes.. Because you are Right, Learning means acquiring knowledge, Not perfection. Thank You!!! <3 You are phenomenal. I absolutely LOVED your article..
I am a highschool student, and I found that your writing not only applies to Japanese, but to life as well.
I will work really hard and then I will completely burn out. For quite a while after that, I am Afraid to study again. Afraid I wont be as good. Or afraid: I will be bad. I avoid mistakes like the plague, and It causes me to totally burnout. In the long run: Its counterproductive to my learning!
I want to Thank You so much for giving "me" probably the best "advice" I have ever gotten..
From now on I will do my best to try and not be afraid of mistakes and to accept them as a part of learning.. I will not hold myself back because I am afraid of making mistakes..
Because you are Right, Learning means acquiring knowledge, Not perfection.
Thank You!!! <3

]]> By: Stu Hughes http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2009/01/18/the-irrelevancy-of-right-and-wrong-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Stu Hughes Sat, 16 May 2009 15:56:37 +0000 http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/?p=105#comment-158 I'm sure I've got some programming-literate language junkie friends that could contribute. Get back to me on it if I can be of any use in this way. I'm sure I've got some programming-literate language junkie friends that could contribute. Get back to me on it if I can be of any use in this way.

]]> By: Khalid http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2009/01/18/the-irrelevancy-of-right-and-wrong-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Khalid Sat, 16 May 2009 00:57:36 +0000 http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/?p=105#comment-157 Definitely. I hope to begin branching out into other languages soon. Definitely. I hope to begin branching out into other languages soon.

]]> By: Stu Hughes http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/2009/01/18/the-irrelevancy-of-right-and-wrong-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Stu Hughes Fri, 15 May 2009 19:40:52 +0000 http://blog.feedmejapanese.com/?p=105#comment-156 Is there any possibility in the near future for building a system for Chinese? Is there any possibility in the near future for building a system for Chinese?

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