Learning Han-geul

Han-geul is better known to us as the Korean language. It's funny I'm like kindergarten - i read so slow!!! I find it harder than learning French way back in college. Somehow I have thought: Am I learning slower this time due to like aging or it's just that hard?? I learned French quite easily. But this time, it takes much effort and time for me to get the hang of Korean. Perhaps it's because the alphabet is different. The manner of writing is different. So I'm better with understanding and speaking "barok-style" than getting the correct spelling when I write.

Most of my classmates are Japanese, around half of the class... Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Japan is near Korea. There's so much pressure coz these Japanese are really good at Korean already. How come they're in level 1? At one point I felt I was really dumb that I get things so slow when they happen to learn so darn fast. Apparently, some of them actually took initial classes already. But again, why are they enrolled on the same level as me who couldn't even write my name in Korean during the placement test? Well, anyway, there's an advantage to it then. They help me cope up coz they're already into it. Hehe!