I went to a Japanese culture club on campus a few weeks ago. An alum from UNC spoke to us about his experiences in UNC, studying abroad in Japan, and his lifestyle now in Tokyo. His experiences were very fascinating, first hand account of a study abroad experience. Although he only went to Japan for a few months, culture immersion left him wanting to go back. He talked about Japanese culture: how baseball games are highly coordinated, and Indian curry is the eating trend. We were all amused when he said pizza in Tokyo always had corn. The different lifestyle of people in Japan interested me. I thought more about studying abroad after hearing his recommendation.
He spoke a lot on studying Japanese, which makes me realize how critical language is no matter where one is. Because he can speak Japanese, he is able to communicate and live naturally amongst natives. I think this is true not only for different languages, but jargon as well. To be proficient in various styles of language, and obviously different languages will broaden one's sphere of knowledge as well as acceptance. Listening to him speak made me realize the struggle between communication if one is not fluent in a discourse medium.
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