Imagine or idea for an author lacking inspiration.
Universe: One Piece
Main Role: Y/N isekai Buggy the Clown
Possible AU: soul mate, omega alpha (but Y/N doesn't have a second gender)...
Tags: Independent Y/N, Human but strong Y/N, Yandere, possessive behavior, Forced marriage attempt, Y/N trained by Garp after saving Ace, Blue-haired Sakura?!, Dream of a peaceful life, Nostalgia, Adopt Uta, Cross dressing, Rossinante friend...
Synopsis: You've been reincarnated into the world of One Piece as Buggy the Clown, but it's clear there are some differences.... Buggy's appearance is just a masquerade... makeup, hair dye, etc. You are indeed a girl in hiding. ...and you decide to maintain this illusion because you quickly realize that no one on Oro Jackson is aware of your situation. Gathering your wit and common sense, you devise a plan that will allow you to survive and then live in this world.
Knowing a bit about the history of the crew of the Oro Jackson, you come to the conclusion that the best course of action is to stay with the Pirate King's crew until it disbands, but your instincts and your sense of observation tell you that this crew is not as healthy as the series wanted to make it appear...
A word of advice: beware of the captain and your shipmate (cabin boy)...and over the years perhaps more people will be added to this list, but you are a resourceful person, you will surely manage to outwit them, right?
I'm not really good at writing (even less in English) but I had this idea and I wanted to share it in one way or another. If anyone finds the idea cool and wants to take it up, I invite you to do so and I look forward to reading you ^^
I know I’ve discussed this on Tumblr before but I’m really wondering about the experiences of my friends here in the US AND from around the world.
Was learning a second (or third, or fourth, etc.) language prioritized in your educational system? Were you REQUIRED to learn another language from a young age or was it “optional.”
You bilingual folks are so impressive. I’m always amazed by this skill. Particularly when English is not your first language and you learned to speak it fluently- it’s freaking challenging!
I graduated from high school in the very early 2000s and, at the time, most colleges only required two years of a language for entry. Naturally, the majority of students took the bare minimum because it was never viewed as a priority in our schools and we didn’t start learning even the absolute basics of another language until sometime between middle and high school.
For example: In our middle school we had a part-time teacher who came in twice per week to teach us a language. The course was divided into three parts, so over the course of the year we learned:
Latin
French
Spanish
And we’re talking “Hello,” “My name is,” and anything you might buy at the grocery store. We repeated this EXACT same curriculum for two years with the same teacher.
Then in high school, we were given a choice: Spanish or French. I chose French due to our close proximity to Quebec and took it for all four years. At one point, a teacher tried to start an Italian class but it was only available for one semester and wouldn’t cover the college requirement. A few students tried to start a Japanese Club but it meant staying after school to study. If you had a job and any other extracurricular activities that wasn’t exactly an option.
In college I wanted to take a course as I was hell bent on learning another language and I learn best with structure and guidance. I signed up for German (I don’t remember why, I think it just fit into my schedule and Italian STILL wasn’t available to me) BUT it turned out language courses were more expensive because they were FOUR credits instead of three AND they required an additional lab, which was another credit. It cost so much to take one semester of a language elective that you could have almost paid for TWO courses within your major. Unfortunately, I had to drop the class due to financial and time constraints.
These days, I find gaps of time to study for a few weeks before life overwhelms me and I have to set it aside again for a bit.
I’m just wondering, how about you? Did your schools/universities/country value language learning? Was language education easily accessible or was it at least affordable? Did everyone have equal access?
I’d be interested to hear! Also, if you speak multiple languages, which ones? Is there a language that you LOVE or have always wanted to learn? One that you found particularly fun/difficult/or easy? Tell me some wonderful things.
I will answer to the best of my abilities but I want first to make sure you understand that it was my experience and my experience only. I always had facilities with school subjects and was never failing at school.
Plus there are many different schools in France. Those that I went to were perhaps the exception to the rule.
To start off, I'm from France.
I followed the French curriculum for all of my school life in a private school system.
Yes. There are private and public schools in France, but both follow the national curriculum (because it's the law). The main difference between the two is that one is paid by parents (private), the other is technically free and subsidised by the government (public).
My first language is French. I started learning it from birth (obviously). I started learning to write and read in French in what is the equivalent of 1st grade in the USA.
For us, Kindergarten only teach us about the alphabet, numbers, forms, colours, memorisation of songs and more importantly manners. Some children can pick up reading by themselves but that's it.
So, I learned to write and read in 1st grade.
In 2nd grade, there was a volunteer mom who taught us a bit of English. It was primarily introductions (I am, My name is...) plus a bit of vocabulary (colours, animals..). The focus was strongly on our pronunciation and on the fact that there were different languages in the world. Unless you are a bilingual child, or know one, or live in a multilingual country, your 7 years-old-self is still very innocent about this fact of the world. (I was.)
In 3rd grade, English was a full class. We were introduced to more and more vocabulary and conjugation as the years went by in primary school.
It was at the start of 6th grade (the start of Middle school) that I was introduced to my second language which was German.
It was an optional class only for those interested by the German language. Usually 2nd language classes are introduced in 8th grade (for Spanish). My school only taught German and Spanish as third languages. English was the compulsory second.
There was also an option for Latin that I took in 7th grade as soon as it was proposed. I kept it until the end of Middle school in 9th grade. (Middle school lasts four years in France.)
Latin is a dead language so I don't really count it as a true language. It is mainly taught so that us student understand the root of the French language which originates mainly from it.
During these four years, I learned French (obviously), English, German, Latin.
In 9th grade, there was an introductory course for the Chinese language by a teacher who taught at a nearby high school.
I took it.
The following year, I went to this high school where the Chinese teacher taught to keep learning Chinese along with English and German but I had to give up Latin.
I entered university (in an English program) and to my dismay I couldn't keep learning Chinese in optional language class because it was only a beginner course. German too.
I took Japanese because MANGA !!!
Now, some years have passed since then. I can say I'm fluent in English because I kept it for all of these years.
Unfortunately, the same can't be said for German, Chinese, Latin and Japanese.
Not that I can't recognise some words or grammar, but I couldn't keep a regular discussion if asked unless I reviewed some vocabulary first.
France doesn't necessarily put an emphasis on other languages despite the many options. The curriculum for learning foreign languages is not the best, and even I have to say I learned more by myself than in school.
The learning process is too rigid and repetitive from one year to another. It becomes boring in the end.
But at least school made me discover other languages and that's an opportunity to take.
You explained well 🤗, I could not have done better ^^ good job 😉. I want to highlight this because our school system in France could be difficult to understand and therefore to explain 😑 and you did a good job for that. 👍🤗
In my city there is a my hero academia lottery and it turns out that I won 3 gifts and luck would have it that it is the same character 😅🤣. Oh yes ! I won the 1st prize which was a 30cm figurine 🥰😍
In my city there is a my hero academia lottery and it turns out that I won 3 gifts and luck would have it that it is the same character 😅🤣. Oh yes ! I won the 1st prize which was a 30cm figurine 🥰😍
Well I'm totally in love 😘❤ with your work on yanderes and wondering if you mind writing a Yandere Hawks x female: reader 🥺🤗. Where the situation is: Y / N was a classmate of Keigo (middle school through high school). These two hated each other (well especially Y / N because Hawks harassed Y / N's best friend). After Y / n finished college (Y / N was vigilante during this time) Hawks found her after all these years and tried to force her to marry with him 😳 but she doesn't want to and she fights back😏😤👊. Also, thank you for your anwser 😊😊
