Hello! I am Emma Peterson, and I am taking Japanese at Columbia University.  I am so excited to learn Japanese for lots of reasons. The only other language I know besides English is Latin, but no one speaks Latin anymore--I am excited to learn a language that I can actually use! I have always enjoyed learning about Japanese culture, from my history and art classes as well as from watching different anime shows. Learning Japanese will be difficult, (new alphabetS, no big deal), but it will also be fun and rewarding. We can do it!!!