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My names belle and I’m a sophomore and I took a class over the summer since I’ve been learning Japanese by myself for almost 4 years now and it was so fun! I made friends and helped me be able to be able to talk to people in the language besides just taking notes. Though I love learning Japanese by myself, It’s limited how much I can learn through not having an actual class. I have personal experience with this since I have loved the idea of learning French since I was little and having an actual class at pcep helped me so much! I’m in French 3 right now and I’m going to continue French for the rest of high school and am most likely going to France for school in February. I can have conversations and understand it so much better. I wish there was something like this for Japanese since it’s so hard for me to learn so much without an in-person teacher and other students I can connect with. Which is why I would love a class at pcep for this. If this class is made, I will only get a couple years of it but it would be very fun and I really hope it’s can happen.

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Hi I'm Addison and this summer i took Japanese camp it was really fun and I met new people and made friends my school west middle school doesn't currently allow students to learn different languages except for Spanish . sens i know how to speak a little bit in Japanese thanks to this camp I'm able to teach a little to my friends and family like introducing myself which is awesome i am hoping to go to japan one day or may even be an exchange student over there so that's why i think we should be able to study Japanese

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My name is Jayden Scott and i am a 8th grader and I would love to learn japanese because i always wanted to go to japan,they have very great culture and that has always been a dream of mine. Imagine me going to to japan and trying the food and trying the culture in japan and having a actual conversation because i want to connect with the people there without an interpreter doing my conversation for me. I would love to try japanese ramen noodles, kimchi, and sushi. My favorite thing to see in japan would probably be the colorful lights and i hope to go to a japanese festival one day.

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Since I'm a senior, I won't be able to benefit from Japanese classes at PCEP. However, if they were offered to me as an underclassman, I definitely would have taken them. I personally found an interest in Japanese media and music, thus I began learning Japanese with my friend. Additionally, I know that MANY of my peers have a similar interest in anime and/or different aspects of Japanese culture.

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I am Grace Ridpath, a junior at Salem High School. This year however, I am living in Japan as an exchange student. I have learned a bit of the language through immersion, but a class would make it so much easier to learn more once I return. I have seen firsthand how fun it is to communicate with people in another language, and I have made so many friends already!

I am really hoping the P-CEP will start offering a Japanese class so that others can have the chance to come to Japan and have a great experience making friends and learning about the culture!

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I’m Evangeline Woodruff and I’m a Sophomore at PCEP. I took the Japanese Enrichment Class during the summer, and I loved it! It was such a fun experience for me and I’d love to be able to experience it during the school year. If a Japanese class was offered at PCEP, I’d be very interested in taking it.

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My name is Sunny Park, and I'd like to be able to study Japanese at school. Although I am currently a junior and would not be able to benefit from it myself, it was a very fun and enriching experience learning Japanese in summer school. Me and my brother both took the class and had a lot of fun.
I'm learning Japanese because I like a certain Japanese singer, Mafumafu, and I also like reading manga and occasionally translate manga. I think it'd also help with diversity in PCEP, with most of our current languages being Eurocentric, etc. I'm sure many kids would be interested, as I had quite a lot of fun and I know there are a good deal of anime fans at PCEP.
Thank you for hearing me out and please consider making Japanese a language course at PCEP. Have a good day!!

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i have a japanese friend that recently moved back to japan and i would like to talk to him in japanese to accommodate him and the little i learned in virtual academy isnt enough to speak and have a fluid conversation with him not only that but i have always had a very large in many cultures and japan has a very dense culture as they were never invaded in history and i enjoy learning about said culture

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Hi! Im Emma K and I'm a 7th grader! I love japan and I love Japanese culture and language. I did a Japanese camp over the summer and I loved every part of it. We did many activities and had so much fun. My friend is Japanese and I love talking to her in her language. In the class, we did many activities like trying new food, origami, writing, culture, and more! Even though it was early, I still loved it!!

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I would love to study Japanese at PCEP. The Japanese language & culture is so fascinating & unique, & how it is so much different than American culture. I would also like to know Japanese if I go into U.S. diplomacy or business, because Japan is a player in the world scene, & is a very important economic market, with companies like Sony, Toyota, Softbank, etc. It would be nice to be able to automatically know what someone is saying when someone speaks Japanese, like my favorite Japanese-singing singer, BoA. I think it's also important to have some non-European languages too, just to diversify the language opportunities at PCEP. I would love to take Japanese for a language. Please consider making Japanese a language course for PCEP. Thank you!

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Japan is full of good food such as sushi or ramen, has a great culture with anime and video games, and their language will be just as interesting! All of my examples were pretty generic, but that just shows how much I have to learn and how big an impact it has and could have on people who have never been to Japan! Also, I kind of need world language.

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I took japanese over the summer and the main reason why i wanted to take it was because i watch a lot of anime it is kinda like japanese cartoons but i would like to understand the language and i always have liked the culture it is deep in history and has always fascinated me

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My name is Gray Lonsdale-Sumner. I am a sophomore at PCEP, and I took a Japanese class over the summer. I found the class very fun, and I enjoyed spending time with my classmates!  I was able to grasp concepts easily with the interactiveness and visual learning based in Japanese. If a class was offered at PCEP, I would love to take it for my last remaining years at The Park.

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Hi, my name is Emerson and I am in 8th grade. I want to learn Japanese because I want to expand my knowledge of languages and understand different cultures from all across the world. I know English, Telugu and am learning Korean and would love to learn Japanese so I can understand the native people there and connect better to the deeper meanings behind certain parts of their culture. I also want the IB academy to let kids do Japanese because the IB academy is centered on being well rounded and what wouldn’t be more of a well rounded education than for students to learn Japanese or be able to take Japanese instead of just being able to Chose Spanish or French which seems very limiting to me.

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I would like to be able to communicate better with friends

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I would like to be able to communicate better with friends

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I want to take Japanese as a class to be able to keep up in Japanese conversations with friends and family as well as talk about more interesting topics. I am also considering living in Japan at some point and would like to know more helpful words and phrases.

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I loved having my own children learn Japanese from a young age; they had so many fun cultural experiences and made lifelong friends. I'm excited at the possibility of teaching Japanese at P-CEP.