And no I'm not an Idiot. Yes I do speak German. Yes I understood all of that. No I don't want to translate absolutely every little thing for you. Yes I do understand the text better than you since it's in my native tongue -it's not that exciting.
I'm sorry but how do I get labeled as a lazy american who can't understand any of the language she's studying from asking 2 questions in English. Mind you--this was in a English class and the questions had nothing to do with what she had said in German.
This just annoys me. I'm definitely a minority at my school any Americans I do meet are typically only here for a year--I'm here for my entire program. I've done the work to get into the school. I've put in the hours learning German. That doesn't mean I want to talk in German all the time or that I'm even being lazy. I feel like I'm perfectly justified in speaking in English in one of my English classes.
Just hope this doesn't make me dislike that TA for the rest of the year...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Universitat
Oh I have a blog? Really? I had completely forgotten. Sorry between wedding planning, putting off wedding planning, getting ready for school, putting that off, and reading I have not had much time to document any of it. It could also possibly be that I can now text my family and don't feel as if they need this update quite as much.
SO wedding plans are coming along and most of it happened pretty fast--why you ask. Because I hate wedding planning it's so boring. And at the end of it an event where people will keep staring at me (which I'm not a huge fan of). And yes I will have beautiful pictures to look at for years to come and I get to see tons of friends that I haven't seen for years--but if I were to do it again I'd totally opt for eloping.
Aside from all that I started classes at university (finally) and while I'm still pretty nervous and pretty sure that on top of all my classes I have a year to learn a third language (I'm thinking French) I'm almost sure I can do it. I'll have to study more than I ever have to be able to understand everything I've read and heard in classes for my minor but I did find out that most of my classes in my major will be in English (let's just hope the tests are) I'm still nervous but excited. Just being in my class today reminded me of how I love to learn and how great it can be to study. And someone sat by me in class--somehow this still makes me feel good like it did in elementary school.
If anyone was wondering how I am doing with my "goals" I cook at least 4 times a week. and try to work out 3-6 times a week. I try to drink more water but that one is still a struggle, and I've kept up with the housework pretty well even though I still hate vacuuming. Let me know if anyone wants a sampling of some of the GREAT recipes that I have come across.
Alright well that seems like enough for now. Maybe I'll write about something else later. Maybe not.
SO wedding plans are coming along and most of it happened pretty fast--why you ask. Because I hate wedding planning it's so boring. And at the end of it an event where people will keep staring at me (which I'm not a huge fan of). And yes I will have beautiful pictures to look at for years to come and I get to see tons of friends that I haven't seen for years--but if I were to do it again I'd totally opt for eloping.
Aside from all that I started classes at university (finally) and while I'm still pretty nervous and pretty sure that on top of all my classes I have a year to learn a third language (I'm thinking French) I'm almost sure I can do it. I'll have to study more than I ever have to be able to understand everything I've read and heard in classes for my minor but I did find out that most of my classes in my major will be in English (let's just hope the tests are) I'm still nervous but excited. Just being in my class today reminded me of how I love to learn and how great it can be to study. And someone sat by me in class--somehow this still makes me feel good like it did in elementary school.
If anyone was wondering how I am doing with my "goals" I cook at least 4 times a week. and try to work out 3-6 times a week. I try to drink more water but that one is still a struggle, and I've kept up with the housework pretty well even though I still hate vacuuming. Let me know if anyone wants a sampling of some of the GREAT recipes that I have come across.
Alright well that seems like enough for now. Maybe I'll write about something else later. Maybe not.
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