I will be attending Jap1 class and seeing as how most of you are familiar with jap I was wondering if I should prepare myself in any way?

also I have questions:

1. depends on where you are. but foreign language part time classes are usually natives

2. don't think so

3. if everyone does it, it's not weird. stand up and bow to teacher is an asian tradition.

4. don't think japanese need japanese classes. except if you are doing it in your school, some japanese take that subject to get easy marks.

5. Japanese otaku are as common as any country's anime/manga people. believe it or not, they are not that common in japan lol

6. try to understand what you've learn in medias you encounter like anime, music, news, or any other materials. and ... well... same for everything: study hard.

7. if you can fluently read hiragana then yeah. but the first week they do have some grammar and other stuffs. then again, depends on your course.

--- Any advice welcome! im really nervous... ---
fap before class. it is important to not have a boner in japanese class.
on a serious note: set a goal. I'm aiming to be fluent in speaking japanese (bleh for writing) at the end of this year.

what kind of class are you taking by the way?