Hello, my name is Tae. I was born in Korea and raised there. My father's work was relevant to ships so he took me to foreign countries such as Japan and Australia when I was a baby. However, I remember nothing about it therefore I need to see pictures to bring back the memories.
      I lived in Korea until I was a 3rd grader in Junior high school. I enjoyed studying and playing everyday. Unlike schools in America, ones in Korea are very hard and busy. They were like Japanese schools. If I went to Korean high school, I'd have to study from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. My family moved to this place, Las Vegas in Nevada because a relative on my father's side lived here.
      There are 4 people in my family: my father, mother, big brother, and I. My parents can't speak English fluently, but they work hard as casino dealers for us. Since they work at night, my brother and I don't have much time to talk to them. So I often get into a quarrel with them, but I always know that I am wrong and regret it.
      My brother goes to a college near our house. He is so smart as to be often called a genius by other people. Though he had a hard time when he first came to America, he manages well in his college now. Even though his reputation is very good, I don't care much about it because I think that I need to differentiate his life and my life.
      I am 18 years old, a senior. I do the paper route as a part time job. Although waking up at 1 in the morning and working for 4 hours is tough, earning money is exciting. Since I started this job, I started having a sleeping problem, so I'm planning to quit now.

I came to America 4 years ago and started from high school. It was very hard for me to adjust myself to school because I couldn't speak English very well. There was a program called ELL for students like me, and it helped me learning English. The first 2 years, Math was very easy for me but now it is Calculus and that is a bit difficult. I have a lot of difficult homework.
      Since you learn basic Japanese like easy verbs in JapaneseⅠ, I started taking Japanese Ⅱ instead of Ⅰ. Now I'm taking Japanese Ⅳ where only 7 students are present We learn many Kanji, do verbs, translate Japanese news into English, and read Deai in the class. Our teacher is a humorous and gentle Caucasian who is married to a Japanese.
      I learned Physics, Chemistry, and Biology in a Technology class. I like Chemistry best. My parents told me that chemistry was very important because they want me to become a doctor. I joined various clubs in school before, but I don't belong to anything now because I am too busy.

I do many things with a computer. I play a game or read manga in my room. Watching Japanese animation is so much fun. I even joined an animation club when I was a sophomore and a junior. I learn Japanese and try to think about Japan through watching Japanese animation. However I've never talked with Japanese people so I don't know if my Japanese is good. I sometimes think it will be nice to have Japanese friends some day.