Below are comments from current and former students. We are very grateful for all comments and messages. We are stronger together.
"I think they were very cute and really well performed and it was easy to understand them because the senseis explained everything that needed to be done well."
"The balance of the work and videos uploaded is balanced, so its good like that. No, I don't have any special requests."
"I think the videos are very cool and funny I would like to see more videos of all the teachers telling story and learning kanji."
"I think the assignments are good. What I would like to see more of is reading."
"I think that the videos kind of boost up my mood for the day. I would like to see more about Japanese culture that at school we don't usually get to know of."
"I think the videos posted have been a good idea because they remind me I still need to focus to improve my Japanese."
"I love the videos that the teachers have made. They have helped me learn and encouraged me to start studying some of the katakana."
"The videos cheer me up with all the energy from the teachers. And I would like to have like a paragraph of reading like the ones we do in class just to keep practicing it would be nice if u can."
"I love the videos they use simple japanese that im able to understand. i want to see more japanese games for the family in order to kill the time during quarantine."
"I want to see more of the teachers talking about Japanese stories."
"I think they're great!I definitively do not want to forget my nihongo. I really like informative videos such as these, just this video alone showed me new vocabulary words that I need to remember and hopefully use them in the future. Maybe a video on how to create our own sentences in casual conversation. There is so much more I need to learn, and I'm not even halfway there."
"The videos and assignments you have been posting has have refreshing my minds about learning Japanese. I would like to see more videos. I don't have any special requests."
"So far my family has been stable. Taking many precautions due to the pandemic but all Is well, just became a substitute for my younger siblings so quite a load on me. My mom got a second job along with my step dad so it is up to me to doing all house chores and feed everyone in the house. Trying to implement homework into my covid19 schedule will be quite difficult but must happen."
"I have really took a liking to writing down phrases I hear in anime or in Japanese in general. Sometimes I hear something over and over and I find a new word or I find a phrase that I can definitely use in real life. I also am loving how I understand a lot of words and I also can read the subtitle, and know what it is in Japanese before the character says it. I have noticed that I start to think in Japanese and how to say some basic things. It is such a good feeling. I sometimes read kanji and see some familiar characters and have somewhat of an idea of what a word is. 先生ありがとうございます!"
"This past month has been really weird, it's not something usual but I've been doing fine. I've become more engaged in literature and in classical music.Even though I am getting a bit tired of being with the same people, we try to make the best of it and give each other the space needed. Assignments are easy to finish, but I have been procrastinating a lot on English work because I don't think I'm in a good mindset to explore and analyze to then write a concluding statement. I'm getting there though, and I am grateful for all my teacher's patience."
Re: Girigiri Onigiri YouTube Video "はいフレドリク先生~!You rolled your R perfectly haha! "Muy rico!" XD. Bringing in that メキシコ人 knowledge XD アザマ先生とカミムラ先生のおにぎりを食べたい。おいしいそうです!でも。。。I really wanna try Kamimura sensei's onigiri.... I still want to try everyone else's but Kamimura sensei's caught my attention."
"For personal hygiene I of course wash my hands, but I also take showers 3-4 times a week. Sadly I cannot take one everyday because it is bad for my hair :(. Moreover, I try my best to keep our home clean by cleaning the kitchen, living room, my room and the guest bathroom. We are trying to apply the rule of no shoes at home again but the first one to break the rule is my dad because he's very forgetful haha. After every workout I am sure to shower before going anywhere in the house. All in all, have fun during quarantine and stay healthy, safe, and clean!"
"Hi sensei hope your doing well what i want you guys to address in the series is the gratitude of COVID 19 and how ways to avoid it and like what cities in Monterey county have the most cases also if Salinas have any cases of COVID 19 and when you might think it's safe to go back to school "
"Thank you for the videos helps me to think about something else and stops me from stressing out about my other classes and what's happening around us with this whole virus thing"
"The videos that the Japanese senseis make and the game have brought joy and has pushed us to force ourselves into learning more Japanese(I might have forced my classmates to participate by consistently texting them ^ ^; ,but it seems that the ones who did it had fun ^ ^ )"