Welcome! Stick it out, you’ll get the hang of it. =)
I did a Diploma in Japanese at UNSW. What textbook are you using? Kinda surprised you’re into kanji already – think we were barely starting on katakana by week three.
We had to learn all kana before we started the course – It’s ridiculously fast paced, we have 9 hours of language and grammar classes a week!
We’re using the basic kanji book vol 1, the red one. :)
Nat