Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:07 pm
I wish I learned this stuff in grade school (Foreign languag
I'm currently enjoying my summer waking up at 7 am every morning in order to dive into the wonderful world of spanish (curse you general education requirements!)
I have two semesters left to go in spanish after this summer session i still need to complete in order to graduate on time (in 2007).
Luckily for myself, I've already taken 3 years back when I was in High School, so things are flowing fairly smoothly.
This isn't so much of a discussion as it is a rant. But I do wish I was forced to take all this foreign language when I couldn't do anything about it, i.e. when I was younger. To the nine hells with this choosing or not choosing foreign language when you reach secondary or post secondary. If i was forced to learn spanish when I was younger I wouldn't NEED to be taking it now. I'd already have my fourth year equivalency.
It's like extracurriculars. I had (parents insisted/demanded) to participate in everything under the sun from music to running a leather ball to the opposite side of a field, only to have to do it again 5 minutes later.
Of course, now I realize that extracurriculars look really good on applications and stuff for college, jobs, whatnot.
Same for language. Heck! If i took language when I was 6 i could have learned six or seven by now and become a spy by now with lots of beautiful women, fast cars, cool gadgets...and so on.
Blah, I'm just grumpy because I have to wake up at 7 tomorrow morning....
I have two semesters left to go in spanish after this summer session i still need to complete in order to graduate on time (in 2007).
Luckily for myself, I've already taken 3 years back when I was in High School, so things are flowing fairly smoothly.
This isn't so much of a discussion as it is a rant. But I do wish I was forced to take all this foreign language when I couldn't do anything about it, i.e. when I was younger. To the nine hells with this choosing or not choosing foreign language when you reach secondary or post secondary. If i was forced to learn spanish when I was younger I wouldn't NEED to be taking it now. I'd already have my fourth year equivalency.
It's like extracurriculars. I had (parents insisted/demanded) to participate in everything under the sun from music to running a leather ball to the opposite side of a field, only to have to do it again 5 minutes later.
Of course, now I realize that extracurriculars look really good on applications and stuff for college, jobs, whatnot.
Same for language. Heck! If i took language when I was 6 i could have learned six or seven by now and become a spy by now with lots of beautiful women, fast cars, cool gadgets...and so on.
Blah, I'm just grumpy because I have to wake up at 7 tomorrow morning....
