Comment on Kind of recontextualizes what an anime means when they call someone a rich child prodigy tbh
Unboxious@ani.social 11 hours ago
I assume this is because it’s more difficult to get in if you aren’t American and English isn’t even your first language. You know how Japanese is considered one of the most difficult languages for a native English speaker to learn? Well it goes both ways; English is just as alien to them as Japanese is to us - and college entrance applications typically have essay questions.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 10 hours ago
English is actually a mandatory subject in Japanese schools. It’s not taken that seriously as anyone having to listen to a “fluent” English speaker in Japanese media can attest, but that wouldn’t matter to her archetype.
Beyond that Bush got in to Harvard, she can figure out the secret cheat code. I believe in her.
Unboxious@ani.social 10 hours ago
Spanish was mandatory for my for 3 years of elementary school and 3 years of middle school. I came out of that without even the requisite knowledge for forming basic sentences. My high school German classes were better, but only a little better. It takes a ton of self-study to really learn a language rather than just passing classes.
That said, I agree that she could probably get into Stanford and it probably wouldn’t be as difficult for her as she supposes. She is portrayed as a genius specifically with languages that one time with the French exchange students after all.