It's always a pleasure to get together with the ATJ Board and talk with colleagues from around the country about their activities and issues. I think we all recognize that such discussions are the basis of any meaningful articulation efforts.
Students move from one level to the next with minimum stress.
For those who drop out temporarily, the points of reentry are well defined. High school and college teachers agree and understand what grades and tests mean. All the right hands know what the left hands are doing, and every stakeholder benefits. Students are encouraged by the well-planned curriculum and by their accomplishments marked at various stages to go on to higher levels of language mastery. I have always appreciated the fact that ATJ takes as its mission to bring together everyone who has an interest in teaching the interrelated areas of Japanese language, literature, and culture, whatever their academic field of expertise or level of instruction.