Well hate is a strong word, so I strongly DISLIKE my Spanish class and teacher. I mentioned that this semester that I am taking Intermediate Spanish 1 and so far the class is hard and the teacher uses her teaching time to either
- Tell us how she likes to abide by rules
- Speak a thousand words a second in Spanish
- Yell at us for ‘thinking in English’
- Confuse the heck out of me
Now I have an embarrassing confession. I’m Puerto Rican and Spanish was my first language, however, throughout the years I managed to forget it. So now I’m stuck in a class with a no good teacher trying to decipher what’s going on. Tomorrow is my first test in that class, so naturally I studied today. Both of my parents speak Spanish so I asked them to help me understand how to phrase sentences and stuff. Then I started asking how and when to use preterite and imperfect. They were as lost as I was, so we had to Google it and I found this amazing website that helped me understand everything. I learned more in the 20 minutes I was on that website than in class for the past three weeks. So now, I’m pretty confident about the test. There are still some things that I’m unsure about, but I understand enough so I can ask the instructor before class tomorrow.
On the other hand, picture day is tomorrow. In fact, all Juniors have to arrive at the high school building before my Spanish test. I might end up taking my picture with the Spanish book in my hands lol.
How was your day?
Ana