Latin or Japanese?

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<p>I'm going to be a freshman at FSU this fall, and am majoring in math. I know all arts & science majors are required to take a foreign language, and I can't decide between Latin and Japanese.</p>

<p>I took four years of Latin in high school (I kept an A the entire time, but still am not too great at it, lol) and right now I'm signed up for Latin 1. The class is Monday through Thursday at a perfect time for my schedule, and it should be an easy A for me, but I'm really not interested in taking more Latin. Before yesterday when I found out I was required to take more foreign language classes, I was planning on never taking another Latin/Greek/Roman class ever again. </p>

<p>I am really really interested in taking Japanese though. I'd much rather take that than Latin, but I'm afraid it will be too difficult. I have absolutely no experience with it, and I've heard that it's a hard language to learn and that the class moves very fast. I'm also taking Calculus 2, 20th Century Lit, Religion & 20th Century Fantasy, and the Honors Colloquim, so do you think adding Japanese 1 to that would be too much? It's also Mon-Fri from 8:00 to 8:50 am, which is not exactly inconvenient with the rest of my schedule, but I will be waking up much much earlier every day than if I take Latin (and I'm not at all a morning person).</p>

<p>So basically, I'm wondering if I should take Latin, which would be much more convenient and much easier, or Japanese, which would be somewhat inconvenient and much harder, but which I'm much much more interested in taking. Any suggestions?</p>

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<p>Chinese, because you are going to be working for them one day.</p>

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<p>Take Japanese. Though I am biased :smiley: Japanese is not hard. That mindset hinders a person the getting used to a foreign language(because you don’t learn a language, you get used to it)</p>

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<p>I would also vote for Japanese of the two options presented. I have read where mathematicians would take something like Japanese to help keep their minds sharp.</p>

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<p>I thought you were taking German?</p>

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<p>Haha yes, I am.
I posted this last night when I was trying to decide between the Latin and Japanese. This morning I found out German would work out better with my schedule and I think that would be cool to learn too. I’m just not up for an 8am five day a week class, which I would be doing with Japanese.
But then I was worried that 16 credit hours and a brand new language in general would be too much for my first semester of college, so I posted a new thread asking about that. Then I realized I’m still at 15 credit hours, not 16. lol. So I think I’m going to keep German.</p>

<p>Sorry about that.</p>

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<p>Jap!!!</p>

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<p>I would suggest not using the word Jap, as it’s a racial slur.</p>

<p>But back on topic, even though I’m bumping a little. I would take Japanese. Japanese to English is one of the hardest to learn, but since you’re so interested, it will make it enjoyable.</p>