Thank you for your interest in the SilverSpoon/Neutrino program. Unfortunately, it is currently closed to the public. SilverSpoon is a highly exclusive program and is rarely open for entry. Applications for entry into the few new spots in the SilverSpoon-Neutrino program are periodically opened up during the course of the year, so to be notified…
Why Are You Acting Like A Deadbeat Dad Language Learner?
by khatzumoto
The day you stop sucking at the language isn’t the end of the journey, it’s the beginning. Universities pay full, luscious lip service to this. Graduation is called “commencement”, at least in North America. But lip service it is. Full lusciousness notwithstanding. It’s said that most peoples learning — in fact, all nonfunctional reading —…
What Can the French Revolution and Austrian Economics Teach You About Learning Japanese?
by khatzumoto
So, I’ve been reading about politics and history lately. Voltaire’s Bastards, Amaury de Riencourt, David Deutsch (The Beginning of Infinity), stuff like that. And I came upon something of a…how can I put this… It’s fashionable — and even justifiable — to roundly dismiss many of the heroes and products of the English-speaking world. Stop…
How Can I Turn Big, Complex Decisions Into Binary Decisions, Just Like the Cool Kids? Decision Binarization In Action: A Real Life Example
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series The First World Problem is ChoiceSo, one time, I had to make an appointment with the vet, for my cats, to get special shots for them so I could take them overseas, by plane, and thus have them hang out with me…overseas, as one does,…
Why Everything You Do Wrong Is Right
by khatzumoto
You are not a screw-up. You are not lazy. You work hard. Too hard. At things that don’t matter. You work hard at struggling and self-blame and self-hate. You work hard at worrying. You work hard at pacing the floor. You work hard at imagining terrifying, low-probability contingencies. You work hard on trying to force…
What’s Wrong And Right With Vocabulary Lists — How To Use Them Without Being Used By Them
by khatzumoto
So I met a German girl at a cafe today…actually, she was Austrian but, same difference. Anyway, we got to talking about books and I gave her a book recommendation, and it came out that I’ve only ever read the book in Japanese, so I had to find out what the English title was. She…
How to Learn to Read L2 Newspapers Even Though You Suck Right Now and It Seems Impossible
by khatzumoto
Simple Version Get a newspaper written in your target language Pick out a headline Look up and learn any words you don’t know in the headline Stop for now Repeat from (1) tomorrow Detailed Version Get a newspaper — preferably a dead-tree one Pick out a headline (or an interesting-looking article, picture, caption, whatever) Google…