はじめまして！

I’m Cooper Lee, a sophomore studying math, economics, and Japanese. After I graduate, I want to be a math teacher. I enjoy math and econ for lots of reasons, but a big one is that they let people look at the world in a more abstract way in order to understand it better. I’m studying Japanese because of my interest in Japanese culture and media, as well as a strong desire to participate in the JET Program, which has been a goal of mine since middle school.

I’m taking this class to satisfy the requirement for the Japanese minor, as well as to cross off the “take a linguistics class” line on my bucket list. Writing systems are super interesting to me, so I look forward to learning about the history of written Japanese and how it got to where it is today.

Looking forward to a fun term with all of you!

One last thing: a picture of my cats, Wadsworth (orange) and Pierre (black)