Comment on Kind of recontextualizes what an anime means when they call someone a rich child prodigy tbh
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 12 hours agoEnglish 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 11 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.