Comments on: You Don’t Have To Be A Genius To Learn Japanese

By: Jon E.

Jon E. — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:13:00 +0000

I was wondering, as a general comment to the Tofugu website; could we move the author information of each article to the TOP of the article? I can’t tell you how many times I have began a new article on Tofugu and wished I knew who was writing the words I was reading, without having to scroll down the entire article (possibly even seeing spoilers!). :-)

By: guyhey

guyhey — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 04:22:00 +0000

Thanks for posting this! I was just asking these questions earlier this week, and you’ve given me the answer!

By: Jacky Lee

Jacky Lee — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:08:00 +0000

That quote at the end, wouldn`t happen to be from Kamina in Guren Lagann? xD

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:36:00 +0000

130 million Japanese people managed to learn it. The only reason I could imagine any correlation to IQ would be higher IQs probably have higher standards of living and therefore the time and environment to decide to study a second language.

But I think the key takeaway is that if you think your genetically programmed to be how you currently are – then you fulfill your own prophecy. I’m much rather hang around with those who know they can improve.

Much like Martin’s quote
“Whether or not you think you can do something, you’re probably right.” – Henry Ford.

By: Ali Akbar

Ali Akbar — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 07:13:00 +0000

I guess that with the right attitude anyone can succeed. nice article

By: Shollum

Shollum — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:48:00 +0000

Awesome article! Ever since I’ve started trying to learn from my Japanese mistakes (like I do with most everything else in life) I’ve done much better at it. I may be a smart person (according to standardized tests) but I can’t learn things just by looking at them once.

I don’t want to nitpick, but:
“people learn from more from their mistakes than other people.” has an extra ‘from’ before the ‘more’.