I am currently taking a class that focuses on the common mistakes made by foreigners when they write in Japanese. When last semester I had to write several papers in Japanese for my Korean and proverbs classes, I was quite frustrated by how much harder it was than writing in English. I was also frustrated when one of the people who helped to make sure my paper was understandable told me I wrote like an elementary school student. Of course I wasn’t mad at him – I asked him to [...]