I have been teaching myself Chinese for about 1 year and 2 months now. I can speak it pretty much fluently. I tried to take a Chinese class, they go WAY to fucking god damn slow. They suck at teaching and it's because fucking americans can't comprehend anything except spanish or wait a second. americans can't comprehend SHIT. They can't even speak their native fucking language correctly. Just look at the average sentence typed by an american, can't even spell anything correctly.
Now for teachinig yourself, it's definitely better if you can handle it and want to progress faster, yes learning in a class helps you learn the accent and shit, but wtf. You don't need some bitch ass person to give you grades and shit to make you motivated to study. Study on your own and motivate yourself if you want to actually learn the fucking language. Find a friend on the internet chat room at
www.icq.com they have basically every language and someone in there will be willing to teach you the language you want to learn for free. No need to pay $300 dollars or what ever the fuck you guys waste on classes.
And for those Poser Fucking Japanese Poser Otaku fans. I'M SO SICK OF YOU, YOU'RE FUCKING RETARDS...POSERS.....YOU'LL NEVER BE JAPANESE. NEVER!!!!! YOU'RE JUST A FUCKING AMERICAN WHO LIKE ANIME, NOTHING ELSE. STOP TRYING TO MAKE YOURSELF A JAPANESE PERSON, IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO BE JAPANESE YOU'D BE POLITE, RESPECT YOUR PARENTS, DO YOUR OWN LAUNDRY, CLEAN YOUR FLOORS EVERYDAY, DON'T LITTER, RAPE SOMEONE(it's like saying hello), AND STUDY YOUR ASS OFF AND GET INTO A GOOD COLLEGE AND BECOME A DOCTOR OR SOMETHING. WTF I SERIOUSLY HATE, FUCKING NOT ONLY HATE, I DESPISE YOU FUCKING POSER OTAKU FAGS SOOOO MUCH.
I seriously hope that each one of you kills yourself and slowing burns yourself in public starting from your feet down.