Today was another first day of class . . . and my first day of class. Spanish class! It's been a while since I was a student in a classroom, so I was pretty excited. It's always a little nerve wracking going into the first day of a language class (and even more nerve wracking when you walk in and then greet the teacher in Italian - whoopsie) but when you're out of the student rhythm it's even more crazy. Granted I only learned a few phrases here are my observations of the day:
1. The students are right, the desks suck. They're not big enough, they're too close together, and they make a terrible noise when you try to move them around.
2. I'm pretty sure everyone but me was dressed in either their pjs or their gym clothes. Nothing like sticking out even more when you walk in in heels and a suit.
3. Powerpoint puts me to sleep....even when there are great pictures and important information. Even though what I was supposed to be reading was on the powerpoint, I found my eyes wandering. I think it's an emotional reaction to the worst science class I ever took in college.
4. Spanish is weird. Where did they get the idea for upside down punctuation?
5. The Spanish accent sounds garbled to me. Apparently my crisp, clean (and not even very crisp or clean seeing as I have a southern accent) is doing me no favors.
So tonight I shall try to memorize those weird looking phrases that I learned today and teach myself how to tell time. I can't very well let the pajama-wearing- twelve-year-old show me up, now can I?
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