Try learning Japanese at 55. It’s the same. I was in an evening class with other students who were mostly in their 20s. The age thing was really obvious. All t

Try learning Japanese at 55. It’s the same. I was in an evening class with other students who were mostly in their 20s. The age thing was really obvious. All the older students struggled. I kind of thought I could be super organised, come up with smart efficient ways to learn characters etc. But no, you need raw brain power - mostly memory I think. Wisdom doesn’t count for much. I learnt more about the reality of growing old than I did about Japanese:-)