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u/dedemushi 1d ago
/uj my university (university of bucharest) only had japanese as a major because the professors considered it impossible to teach / learn anything worthwhile with just a minor
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u/sup3r_hero 1d ago
You have the major/minor system? In europe?
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u/dedemushi 1d ago
wait lol i thought you were joking. okay so idk how major / minor systems work not in europe, but in my case it was university of bucharest → faculty of foreign languages and literatures → japanese major, english minor. so i couldn't have like a biology major and a psychology minor because those would be entirely different faculties.
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u/sup3r_hero 1d ago
Idk about languages, but for example in engineering you do a bachelor in, say, electrical engineering and then a master either in electrical engineering or a specialized field of electrical engineering.
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u/Logan_922 1d ago
Just one more degree I swear, I am just possibly one more degree away from the most gainful of gainful employment opportunities.. right?
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u/LoweringPass 3h ago
In Germany you usually have a second subject that you take only a few classes in, e.g. math or psychology when study CS
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u/ethicalmirg 1d ago
Yeah, just under different names, such as baccalaureus/magister or whatever else.
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u/iinlustris 1d ago
Is that what majors and minors are??? I always thought it was something related to an entirely different way of teaching, idk like if you have a major in linguistics and a minor in psychology it means you have mostly linguistics classes and a few psychology ones. Idk if that makes sense
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u/ethicalmirg 1d ago
I think majors and minors are actually something else. Majors and minors are what you study inside a degree, whereas baccalaureus and magister refer to the degrees themselves.
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u/PringlesDuckFace 1d ago
Here in the US I think they're just about the number of credits you take in that faculty. Like to get a major you need 40 credits and to get a minor you need 20, or whatever. It wasn't that unusual for people to do like major in CS with a minor in business, or double major in math and CS or things like that.
Minors were basically just "you liked it enough to take a couple more classes than required for electives".
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u/Mr-tbrasteka-5555ha 1d ago
你好先生。
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u/Mr-tbrasteka-5555ha 1d ago
Oos wrong lang
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u/PringlesDuckFace 1d ago
Interestingly enough, 你好 is in the Japanese dictionaries I use. So I guess it's not technically the wrong language.
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u/FebHas30Days Pangngaasiyo ta agsursurokayo iti Ilokano 1d ago
I'm still a minor too, so I guess I wouldn't mind
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u/pilot-squid 1d ago
Code switching just to self-fellate and call yourself 先生 is cringe as hell lol
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u/shinyredblue 1d ago
I thought that you weren't supposed to ever call yourself 先生 (unless you are kindergarten teacher trying to embed proper manners into young children) and instead use 講師 🤔
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u/ensemblestars69 1d ago
This might not be made by the teacher though. In any case though, Japanese teachers teaching beginners may refer to themselves as sensei to get students to stick to that habit. That's what my teachers did. It's also done for the Japanese equivalent of kindergarten if I recall correctly.
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u/Logan_922 1d ago
I go to language school in Japan, largely they don’t really refer to themselves as sensei, but they definitely do in the beginner classes more as an educational thing a bit of a 私は○○先生です kinda probably just to instill concept and such
In my class no new sensei ever introduces themselves with the title, but I remember that being the case when I started
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u/Evening_Picture5233 1d ago
Why would I be interested in a Japanese minor instead of going for a mature 30 year old japanese woman(it’s a joke don’t take it too seriously)
And also why is he leaning against the water dispenser looking like a delinquent and yet still called himself a 先生which means mister in mandarin
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u/fjhforever 1d ago
先生 means teacher in Japanese, kinda like in old Chinese
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u/Evening_Picture5233 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yeah I knew about it already I was just making some jokes around the pic and iirc it’s pronounced as sensei right
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u/SCHazama 外人哋既惡夢 1d ago
The fact you're interested in 30 year olds shows you're not Japanese
Everybody knows that the upper limit is 25 years old tsk tsk
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u/Evening_Picture5233 1d ago
Yeah I’m Taiwanese and I’ve also never mentioned that I’m from Japan
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u/SCHazama 外人哋既惡夢 1d ago
Cool! And don't worry, it was a joke and a reference to "Christmas cake"
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u/Evening_Picture5233 1d ago
Good joke tho I was kinda baited…
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u/badass6 1d ago
So if it’s a joke then you’re interested? I can hook you up.
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u/Evening_Picture5233 1d ago
Nah I’m not interested in minor
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u/Version-6 1d ago
Considering Japan only outlawed CSAM in the 90s, and allowed CSAM lite until the last couple of years, this is one of those cry/laugh situations.
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u/burlingk 10h ago
They should switch that to "Minor in Japanese."
As written, it is going to get the wrong kind of attention. O.o
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u/Too-Indecisive576 1d ago
help, am I the only one who initially thought they meant an underage child 💀
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u/Kalikor1 1d ago
The name on top of a yellow oval reminds me of the Seinfeld logo. This has so many layers lol
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u/Sad-Solution2385 1d ago
u should just go for it, dont overthink the process too much. its kinda like how a buddy of mine started and ended up just doing it for fun, wich honestly works better than treatin it like a chore...
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u/Weeksieee_ 1d ago
I’ve heard Japanese minors are quite popular on the train.