Español
11.06.09
So Russell and I are taking Spanish 101 at Eastfield College. I thought it would be good for me. I’d be learning another language that will come in handy and I will be occupying my time constructively. I was pretty excited about it. Everyone in my office either speaks Spanish or understands it. So, I’m thinking that it should help me out.
Well, our teacher is Señora Solis. I don’t mean to be harsh, but man, she is severely lacking in the area of personality. Class starts at 7:05 pm and she is unlocking the door at 7:04 pm. No pleasantries. Hell, we are 10 weeks in and out of 20 students, she only knows the names of maybe 4 people and I am not one of them. She got Russell’s name right off of the bat, but I think that’s only because he is so Fabulous! It’s like we are in a race. We have about 25 vocabulary words every other week that we go over and I promise you, we whizz through them in 2 minutes. She speaks no english. I’ve heard of immersion, but this is ridiculous…I mean, it’s beginning Spanish! We spend about 1 hour and 20 mins in class on Monday’s and Wednesday’s, then the rest is online. That’s right, at 8:20 – sharp, she is packed up and ready to leave. Talk about a sweet gig! I thought I had it good with my 4 day work week!
Well, I think I am doing pretty good so far. We have a test every other Wednesday on our current chapter. That is really stressful for me. We test on Wednesday and have to wait until the following Monday to find out how we did on the test! Aargh! Still, I’m doing okay on the tests. My first test was barely passing…72. My next was 94 then 84 and this past week…I don’t have a good feeling about it. You know what is killing me? Sentence structure. I can conjugate like crazy, but ask me to tell you about my family in spanish, well I think I could more easily lay you a golden egg. It’s really almost laughable. If you really stop to think about it, remembering the fact that my instructor spits out her lectures in spanish at warp speed, how am I supposed to practice composing sentences outside of class when there is no easy way of knowing if what I’m writing is correct? I have finally found a website, www.spanishdict.com and it will translate my sentences for me…still so time consuming. Pampered, am I? Listen to me, like learning another language is supposed to be easy or something!
I just need to study more. I have to have an environment that is freakishly quiet…no distractions at all. I usually lock myself in my room and do a marathon study session for like, 3-4 hours. The bad thing is, I only do that maybe twice a week. For some that would be plenty. But for me, well, it just doesn’t cut it. I need prolly a good 4 study sessions like that. In fact, I should be studying right now, instead of writing this…
Frak
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