---
title: "I'm a Student Again"
description: I started taking Japanese classes at CCSF.
slug: student-again
date: 2025-09-02
tags:
    - Life
    - School
    - japanese
    - CCSF
---

I've been fortunate to take two trips to Japan over the last couple years.
Leading up to those trips, I picked up learning Japanese, attempting to build
some basic language skills for getting around. At first, I used [Duolingo][dja]
but recently switched to [Migaku][mja].

When I returned from our most recent trip, I decided to find a class so I can
practice speaking skills. [Community College of San Francisco][ccsf] has an
excellent program called "[Free City][fc]" that grants free tuition to residents
of the city. It also has [Japanese program][ccsfja]. So I enrolled in their
online Japanese 1A course.

This is my first time taking formal classes since I graduated college. I'm
looking forward to learning in a more structured way again, and also getting a
chance to practice speaking with people rather than talking at my phone screen.

[dja]: https://www.duolingo.com/course/ja/en/Learn-Japanese
[mja]: https://migaku.com/learn-japanese
[ccsf]: https://www.ccsf.edu
[ccsfja]: https://www.ccsf.edu/degrees-certificates/japanese
[fc]: https://www.ccsf.edu/free-city