Too Many Questions?

Like their myriad of key question words, the Japanese like a variety of frozen yogurt flavors.

I've been struggling with this second lesson from my Japanese in 10 Minutes a Day book. It just seems like a lot to take in. The lesson is about the key question words of the Japanese language: doko (where), nan (what), dare (who), naze (why), itsu (when), do (how), ikura (how much), and ikutsu (how many). Still after a solid week of drilling it through reading and trying to enter them into my common English parlance (which was confusing for everyone, but really quite amusing too), I have succeeded in memorizing their meaning! Hooray! I can even sort of put them into a few terribly simple phrases. For instance, now instead of saying "toire" to a security guard and doing the pee dance, I can say "Toire wa doko desu ka?"

Still, I was disappointed that it took me a whole week just to figure that much out. So, when I was reading the Duval County Public School's list of community classes, I couldn't believe my luck when I spotted the Beginner's Conversational Japanese class at Neptune Elementary School. A book and a CD are fine and dandy, but classes work much better. And, really, how many Japanese language classes do you stumble upon? Still, Neptune Elementary School might as well reside on Neptune the planet. It would take me around 45 minutes to travel there. I haven't completely abandoned the idea, however. I just have to ask myself some questions before making a decision. Questions like "Nan will this class really be like?", "Ikutsu other people will be there?", "Naze is this so important to me?", "Itsu would I find the time to travel that far for a class?", and "Ikura can I really afford to spend on this endeavor?" Of course, after reading that awkward mixture of Japanese and English, maybe I really should seriously consider getting all the help I can get!