I actually studied Japanese from Grade 5 - 12, it's quite fun to study if I say so myself. I really wanted to study it this year at uni too, but apparently QUT doesn't offer Languages to study for first year IT students! Since I've gone so long without speaking or learning it, I've completely lost the desire to continue studying it. I feel as though, if they allowed for me to continue studying Japanese uninterrupted, I would still be studying it. It really bothers me that something I've studied for 7 years, just... done and dropped like that. Might I add that I was a constant A+ achiever in Japanese up until the final 2 years of studying it, where I dropped to a B- and reached back up to a B+. (It started to get quite difficult!)


They also offered German at my school (I chose Japanese though). I have a friend who is absolutely obsessed with speaking German! He got to the point where he could watch German movies without subtitles. During lunch breaks, he'd visit hte German teacher to get some extra work sheets to do. I asked him what he loves about learning German, he told me he just loves the culture and learning another language is something he likes doing.