{"id":8,"date":"2026-04-27T23:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.odu.edu\/odupresentationtemplate\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-28T03:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:10:09","slug":"aboutme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/griffinjapn302\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/griffinjapn302\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41140\/2026\/04\/WIN_20260427_20_35_10_Pro-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/griffinjapn302\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41140\/2026\/04\/WIN_20260427_20_35_10_Pro-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/griffinjapn302\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41140\/2026\/04\/WIN_20260427_20_35_10_Pro-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/griffinjapn302\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41140\/2026\/04\/WIN_20260427_20_35_10_Pro-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/griffinjapn302\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41140\/2026\/04\/WIN_20260427_20_35_10_Pro-1-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/griffinjapn302\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41140\/2026\/04\/WIN_20260427_20_35_10_Pro-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My name is Kamaria Griffin, and I am a sophomore Japanese major. My main goal right now is to learn Japanese and Korean so I can become an English teacher overseas. My journey with Japanese has had its fair share of setbacks, but all in all it has been a learning experience.<\/p>\n<p>I have been studying Japanese for a little over a year. I still struggle with speaking, but I can read well enough. However, I have the most fun connecting with university students with Japan during the VLTs. In my opinion, they are the best way to practice speaking, and I like being able to learn about the culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Kamaria Griffin, and I am a sophomore Japanese major. My main goal right now is to learn Japanese and Korean so I can become an English teacher overseas. My journey with Japanese has had its fair share of setbacks, but all in all it has been a learning experience. I have been&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/griffinjapn302\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":32379,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/griffinjapn302\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/griffinjapn302\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/griffinjapn302\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/griffinjapn302\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32379"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/griffinjapn302\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/griffinjapn302\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/griffinjapn302\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/griffinjapn302\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}