Category Archives: fun

The Irrelevancy of Right and Wrong - Part 2

The problem with right and wrong in learning language is that everything on the wrong side is considered ‘bad’ and we’re afraid of ‘bad’ things so we avoid them.  Forgetting kanji is bad, forgetting a meaning is bad, misunderstanding is bad, reading something that’s too ‘difficult’ is bad, watching a movie where you don’t understand [...]

What is Fun?

Fun is a difficult word.  The range of meanings it can take is wide and everyone has their own interpretation. One person says watching classic Japanese films is fun.  The other says that writing calligraphy is fun. Who’s right?
Fun is in the eye of the beholder.  Fun is never about the action, it’s about who [...]