the doge bird of shibe has visited you

Programmer here. I just found out that the school I'm transferring to uses C++ for their courses. Anyone have experience with getting professors to allow you to do the homework in other languages? I want to use Python instead of shitty C++.  (Feel free to recommend a better language.)

Are there "westaboos" in Japan? Do they download, translate, and redistribute our media? Do they randomly insert mutilated English phrases in inappropriate times like their weeaboo counterparts do to Japanese? Do they go online and argue about who loves Spongebob more? Do they play games like Failing Birds or whatever and talk about it on 2ch(an)\pixiv?