Heritage culture is such a beautiful thing. Some students I have have history of Japanese heritage, or living in Japan. They want to discover their heritage, or don`t want to loose their Japanese. I feel like heritage culture is a beautiful thing, but scary at the same time. My mother was very adamant about me acquiring both English and Japanese. Therefor, I grew up bilingua soaking up both cultures as I lived in both countries. However, I felt a sense of language loss when I moved to America in 6th grade. When you are a kid language loss is so easy. When I went back to Japan I had to start in the level 2 Japanese class, and work my way up. It is scary thinking that I may have lost the Japanese side of me if I didn`t go back for high school. I didn`t notice until I was in that situation.
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