日本語のしけんが悪かった

[tsukikage]

あのしけんはたいへんだった。　月曜日にあると思ってたから、まだあまり勉強しなかった。　それから、ザー・トライブでとてもおそくなった。　犬ちゃんといたいけど、かれは今アルバイトをしている。
じゃあ、今帰って、ひるねをする。　またね！

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It's getting closer to three months now, actually, but I have studied kanji for only about two because before that I wasn't very confident with hiragana and katakana ^^* I've been learning kanji through everyday life and through these Kumon worksheets that the exchange program gives us. You might want to Google for it, as it is incredibly helpful. I'm on the C level and because of that and everyday life I know around 100 kanji. My friend on the F level now knows 350 kanji and has been here for the same amount of time (he had a head start, though, as he knew some kanji before he left).

The host family thing IS incredibly difficult. With my old host family, not only did they not tell me a lot of the things I was doing wrong, which is purely a Japanese cultural thing, but they also were in their heads comparing me to the exchange student they had before which I'm sure created many problems, too, hence why I had to leave. Now with this family, I am taking it as a good thing that they don't always say, "Our old exchange student..." and stuff like that. They are much more relaxed, although I am super far from my school now (1 hour and 45 minutes) and the suburb of Osaka they live in isn't nearly as pretty :( But yeah, things are getting better. Being in a host family really helps you to learn Japanese culture, and I think it makes studying Japanese easier since you HAVE to use it on a daily basis to communicate. So yeah, by the time I'll leave I'll be fluent and I *hope* to know around 1000 kanji before I leave, but we'll see how that goes. Thanks a lot for the comment! <33