I can. It's been painful every step of the way. I constantly felt like I was the slow kid in class. (And I'm sure everyone else in class noticed it, too!)
About 4 weeks in to my class, I found out that "Beginner 1" was not the lowest level class!! Apparently, I should have considered enrolling in "First Step" or "Basic" before jumping to Beginner. At that point, it was too late to switch, and dropping out would be a waste of money, so I just powered through as best as I could.
As I learned after the final test, my best was just not good enough this time. I wasn't able to make the 70% grade required to pass the course :(
Here's a pic of me and my classmates on the last day of class. The 2 Japanese women sitting in the front are our teachers. (One teacher was for Tuesday classes, and the other for Friday.)
I'm actually really happy this class is over because it caused me an incredible amount of stress. I'm going to continue to build my vocabulary with Rosetta Stone, but grammar rules and verb tenses are history for me! I'm going back to the kiddie pool rather than drowning in the deep end!
Otsukare sama desu. (Cheers for good work!)
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