Experts And Amateurs
“An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less. ” – Nicholas Butler
By this point, I’m going to assume that you’ve gotten into “The Dip,” gotten out of “The Dip,” and hopefully have reached a point in your studies where you know enough to know what you’re doing wrong / what you need to do to get better.
That’s good and all, but there’s another danger that lurks on the right side of the dip… and that is a thing known as the “OK Plateau.”
In this chapter, we’re going to go over this “OK Plateau,” and talk about how to get out of it. On a “bigger picture” scale, you’ll be learning the difference between “experts” and “amateurs.” There are actually things that experts do differently (no matter what they’re experts in), and if you do these things too, you’ll feel more confident in your studies (and you’ll have the chance to become an expert too). Really, that’s the big goal, right? Who are experts in Japanese? The biggest population of Japanese language experts probably consist of native Japanese speakers. They may not think of themselves as experts, but for us I think that’s what we should be shooting for.
We’ll go over how you, too, can (and will) become an expert of Japanese. We’ll also make sure you don’t get stuck in the OK Plateau, either, because that’s the difference between an amateur and and expert.
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