what is one of your biggest achievements? (1 Viewer)

[Selfmate]

Not biggest but just one that comes to mind. When I was young I learned English pretty late (entering kindergarten I still wasnt speaking fully in english and I was writing in a mixture of alphabets, half a year prior to entering I spoke so little english that I needed a certain gymnastics coach because he spoke Russian). By 2nd grade I was reading chapter books pretty quickly. My best friend for most of schooling said that her first major memory of me was her being surprised and jealous because we checked out books at the same time (me a chapter and her a picture book) and returned them at the same time. Will this matter at all? No. But I like to see that I wasn't always hopeless at languages because Im not great with them now

I have a similar story
when I first got to australia I was almost 7 so I was suppose to start year 1 but I didn't speak a word of English other than gameboy lol (my mother bought me the newest GREY gameboy in 1991). Obviously I couldn't keep up so the principal said to my parents that i had to go to a dedicated language school 2 buses away. Now my parents obviously didn't want me to travel such long distances since I COULDN'T speak English...so they mde a deal with the principal that I had to learn English within 3 months otherwise they had no choice but to send me to the language school.

So instead of normal classes what my principal did was pull me out of them and teach me English using flash cards almost everyday and at night my parents would help me - I learned English within a month!!!!

To this day I still remember that principal's name - Mr Henderson - years later I tried to seek him out but he had already past away

 

[Ahsoka]

I have a similar story
when I first got to australia I was almost 7 so I was suppose to start year 1 but I didn't speak a word of English other than gameboy lol (my mother bought me the newest GREY gameboy in 1991). Obviously I couldn't keep up so the principal said to my parents that i had to go to a dedicated language school 2 buses away. Now my parents obviously didn't want me to travel such long distances since I COULDN'T speak English...so they mde a deal with the principal that I had to learn English within 3 months otherwise they had no choice but to send me to the language school.

So instead of normal classes what my principal did was pull me out of them and teach me English using flash cards almost everyday and at night my parents would help me - I learned English within a month!!!!

To this day I still remember that principal's name - Mr Henderson - years later I tried to seek him out but he had already past away

My brother was told that they recommend he take an English class for kids who didn't speak English or spoke very little when entering kindergarden. And this isn't even the one that was born 1.5 years after we moved to the US, its my youngest one, who by the time he was born we spoke lots of English (he was born 13.5 years after we moved here). But apparently the fact that he did learn Russian first played some role. He didn't end up taking the English class though. and hes doing fine.

 

[Selfmate]

My brother was told that they recommend he take an English class for kids who didn't speak English or spoke very little when entering kindergarden. And this isn't even the one that was born 1.5 years after we moved to the US, its my youngest one, who by the time he was born we spoke lots of English (he was born 13.5 years after we moved here). But apparently the fact that he did learn Russian first played some role. He didn't end up taking the English class though. and hes doing fine.

sorta like my son - he's in school now and he takes what we call english as a second language classes in addition to the normal classes for english to try and catch him up since we spoke to him exclusively in Mandarin before school started

 

[litc]

Not biggest but just one that comes to mind. When I was young I learned English pretty late (entering kindergarten I still wasnt speaking fully in english and I was writing in a mixture of alphabets, half a year prior to entering I spoke so little english that I needed a certain gymnastics coach because he spoke Russian). By 2nd grade I was reading chapter books pretty quickly. My best friend for most of schooling said that her first major memory of me was her being surprised and jealous because we checked out books at the same time (me a chapter and her a picture book) and returned them at the same time. Will this matter at all? No. But I like to see that I wasn't always hopeless at languages because Im not great with them now

I wonder if its a thing where if you're "good with languages" at a very young age and mixing them up, it's harder to learn later than regular childhood learning a language (when they are old enough to differentiate from the other language and not mix it up)

since I'm so dumb with languages now but I was expected to be fluent in 4 languages before age 4 (I couldn't write any but english tho, that would've been even more confusing) (and I don't even remember one from lack of practice and ofc mandarin preschool didn't work out)

 

[Ahsoka]

I wonder if its a thing where if you're "good with languages" at a very young age and mixing them up, it's harder to learn later than regular childhood learning a language (when they are old enough to differentiate from the other language and not mix it up)

since I'm so dumb with languages now but I was expected to be fluent in 4 languages before age 4 (I couldn't write any but english tho, that would've been even more confusing) (and I don't even remember one from lack of practice and ofc mandarin preschool didn't work out)

Not sure, I would expect it to help more than anything because of how interconnected a lot of languages are. I think it’s probably just a kid thing vs adult thing, since kids are so good at learning languages comparatively. And while I may not be great with languages now i can think of one person who learned languages young and is great at them now (my aunt, she’s fluent in German, English, Russian, and knew enough Japanese to teach an introductory class about it) from what I remember. I feel like I may be forgetting a language too, but I don’t remember any others

 

[litc]

Not sure, I would expect it to help more than anything because of how interconnected a lot of languages are. I think it’s probably just a kid thing vs adult thing, since kids are so good at learning languages comparatively. And while I may not be great with languages now i can think of one person who learned languages young and is great at them now (my aunt, she’s fluent in German, English, Russian, and knew enough Japanese to teach an introductory class about it) from what I remember. I feel like I may be forgetting a language too, but I don’t remember any others

I need to ask my dad how old he was when he learned Cantonese and Japanese huh I think he was older than me now

 

[litc]

Here: winning the halloween 2021 riddle event (riddles because it made me feel sorta clever ig)

irl: idk, getting the highest possible score in the pre-college standardized tests/college entrance exams/aptitude test on my first try without much studying and adhd

 

[magali]

Getting all the awards recently, like User of the year

Also collecting more than 1000 cards since I joined

1000 cards is impressive omg especially to me since i dont have any

 

[ChiaraStar169]

testifying in court as a SA victim

 

[Moguri]

1000 cards is impressive omg especially to me since i dont have any

you can start collecting now! you can check out my little guide if you want to get started!

Moguris card game beginner guide - K-Pop Source — Keeping the K-Pop Forum Spirit Alive

Just a little guide how to get started with card collecting, it's really easy! :llama_squish: You get the cards by fulfilling one of the 2 daily missions on here. The missions are the same every day and you can do both, to get 2 cards! A day starts and ends by the KST timezone.

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[magali]

i like reading the language-learning-since-a-young-age comments bc i literally learnt english through roblox and youtube
9 year old me was the definition of chronically online

testifying in court as a SA victim

i'm so sorry that this happened! you were really brave for doing it 💓

 

[ChiaraStar169]

i like reading the language-learning-since-a-young-age comments bc i literally learnt english through roblox and youtube
9 year old me was the definition of chronically online

i'm so sorry that this happened! you were really brave for doing it 💓

thank you! and yeah, I felt brave that day (although my anxiety was at an all time high before)

 

[SeulPika]

Raising my daughters into the kind hearted, intelligent and independent young ladies that they are all growing to be.
There's been no greater achievement in my life than helping to guide and support them through their lives.

 

[ani07]

getting my own apartment

 

[litc]

Raising my daughters into the kind hearted, intelligent and independent young ladies that they are all growing to be.
There's been no greater achievement in my life than helping to guide and support them through their lives.

Respect

 

[litc]

you can start collecting now! you can check out my little guide if you want to get started!

Moguris card game beginner guide - K-Pop Source — Keeping the K-Pop Forum Spirit Alive

Just a little guide how to get started with card collecting, it's really easy! :llama_squish: You get the cards by fulfilling one of the 2 daily missions on here. The missions are the same every day and you can do both, to get 2 cards! A day starts and ends by the KST timezone.

kpopsource.com

Did cal become a trendsetter? Why does everyone have guides now

 

[Moguri]

Did cal become a trendsetter? Why does everyone have guides now

I just made it because I would often explain it to new users, so I thought I try to make a little guide focused on the basics only

 

[litc]

I just made it because I would often explain it to new users, so I thought I try to make a little guide focused on the basics only

We are derailing but remind me to make a thread asking if cal is a trendsetter as a joke hopefully this month