Happy Birthday AprilSeven!

[Tetsuwan Penguin]

... Hm. I'd like to be able to do that with Japanese one day, myself. Spanish and French are other languages on my eventual "To Learn" list.

Well you're still at the age where your brain is nimble enough to tackle learning another language. It probably does get harder with age, I know my ability to concentrate has deteriorated over time. Still if something captures my interest enough, I can put my mind to it, at least for a while.....

[Little Brown Fox]

Oh heck no, I'm not good at the whole "concentrating" and "memorizing" things at all. And I'm about to turn twenty, which means I'm too old to learn many of the things I've wanted to learn in recent years, like new languages, or how to play an instrument.

[Tetsuwan Penguin]

Oh heck no, I'm not good at the whole "concentrating" and "memorizing" things at all. And I'm about to turn twenty, which means I'm too old to learn many of the things I've wanted to learn in recent years, like new languages, or how to play an instrument.

Really? Most grad students are in their 20's and do VERY well.

I'm in my 60's and a few years ago I was taking some piano lessons and trying to teach myself from the primer books. I lost interest for a while (had to give up the lessons between jobs) but I'd like to get back to it. I might never play as well as my daughters who started way before their teens, but some of the easier stuff I could play well enough.

Oh, and I've never written any fiction stories in my life until recently.

I think that anyone that doesn't try to constantly look for new things to conquer are the ones that will end up senile. The brain is like a muscle, it needs exercise.

Hmmm I wonder if there is a version of scrabble in Japanese? That might be a good learning tool, at least at the intermediate level.......