I'm getting free pizza for dinner tonight. And in one class tomorrow. And in another class on Wednesday.
I'm done with all classes except Spanish.
My teacher just switched the Spanish final so we can get it all taken and done tomorrow and not have to show up to class Wednesday! Now I get to be done with school a whole hour earlier than I thought in a class where I'll be eating pizza and finding out if my group won the $200!
I just got some free ringtones for my cell phone. Now I'm excited for people to call or text me just so I can hear them!
My friends want me to live with them in Cloud 9 next year. We talked to the managers. Cross your fingers!
I'm going home on Friday!
I'm going on a cruise!
I work at Disney World!
Okay, so maybe they're not all little, but still! I'm the happiest kid in the world!
Showing posts with label Spanish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spanish. Show all posts
Monday, July 19, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Buenas Noticias
I finished my online course yesterday. Now I'm officially down to 17 credits. I've already been graded for everything it's possible to get a grade for, but throughout the course there were things that said, "Now pause here and write some thoughts about ________ on the discussion board. You are encouraged to respond to other's remarks as well." Except there is no discussion board. So I didn't..... hope that's not a problem.
Also, I got my first A on a Spanish exam. This excited me greatly and it brought up my average!
AND, yesterday, I watched The Lion King in Spanish (El Rey Leon). LOVE it! I decided that since I watch so many youtube videos in my boring free time I might as well be learning Spanish. So I did. I only got to watch it for a little while because my friend Kelly came and kidnapped me and we went to her house, made kettlecorn, and watched "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past." We do that a lot. Go make kettlecorn and watch movies, I mean. :)
Anyway, there's your update. Today I have a big presentation in one of my classes. I have a meeting with my Spanish teacher where I'll have to only use Spanish the whole time. And a week from today I'll be in Provo!
Also, I got my first A on a Spanish exam. This excited me greatly and it brought up my average!
AND, yesterday, I watched The Lion King in Spanish (El Rey Leon). LOVE it! I decided that since I watch so many youtube videos in my boring free time I might as well be learning Spanish. So I did. I only got to watch it for a little while because my friend Kelly came and kidnapped me and we went to her house, made kettlecorn, and watched "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past." We do that a lot. Go make kettlecorn and watch movies, I mean. :)
Anyway, there's your update. Today I have a big presentation in one of my classes. I have a meeting with my Spanish teacher where I'll have to only use Spanish the whole time. And a week from today I'll be in Provo!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Why I'm Failing Spanish
Today in class the teacher was teaching off of a powerpoint. There were loads of words and things we didn't understand. Finally, one of the students asked the teacher...
"What's comeremos?"
"That's the future form of 'we eat.' Oh, I guess you guys wouldn't know that. Man, there's a lot of new stuff on here."
Our teacher looked at the powerpoint a little more, "Ohhh, that's the problem, this is a 302 presentation, not a 202 presentation."
The whole class was silent as the teacher tried to figure out what to do/change. Then the student raised his hand again, "Sir? Are you aware we're only in Spanish 102?
Yeah, my teacher's used to teaching 300 and 400 level classes. Obviously not 100 level. Ugh!
"What's comeremos?"
"That's the future form of 'we eat.' Oh, I guess you guys wouldn't know that. Man, there's a lot of new stuff on here."
Our teacher looked at the powerpoint a little more, "Ohhh, that's the problem, this is a 302 presentation, not a 202 presentation."
The whole class was silent as the teacher tried to figure out what to do/change. Then the student raised his hand again, "Sir? Are you aware we're only in Spanish 102?
Yeah, my teacher's used to teaching 300 and 400 level classes. Obviously not 100 level. Ugh!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
I Don't Like Going To Offices
I hate going to see teachers in their offices. Hate it. No matter what teacher it is or what the reason is, I hate going to see them. I don't even know why. There's no rational reason. I have just always dreaded it.
Today, though, I finally made up my mind that I just had to see my Spanish teacher. I got a 50% on an exam a while back which is very clearly not like me at all. It was seriously bugging me a lot. It was actually two exams ago but I've been dreading seeing him so much that I've refused to go until today.
Well, I went upstairs in the Smith to talk to my teacher today. On my way to his office I decided I had to go to the bathroom first. I was so nervous! On my way to the bathroom I walked by my friend Tiare (T-R-E). I said hi, she said hi back.
She asked me where I was going. I pointed behind me and said, "On my way to go see a teacher..." She looked at my hand pointing back in the direction I just came from. "Annnnnd?"
"Annnnd.... umm.... I'm going to go to the bathroom."
Kay, well it was funnier at the time. She just laughed at me. I don't know why I even pointed. Ugh.
I hate going to see teachers. But I did eventually make it into his office and we discussed the exam. We noted some errors the computer made in grading my exam and he bumped it up a bit for which I was grateful.
We also talked about the ones I got wrong. As usual I had everything right but just got a basic idea backwards accidentally and that killed me on several questions. He said the whole class average went down several points with that exam so it wasn't just me. And he drops the lowest exam score anyway so it wasn't really a big deal.
The best part is I now totally get what I did wrong and I've proved to the teacher that I truly do understand what's going on in his class even if my stupid grades don't reflect it. He really is a fantastic teacher and is genuinely interested that each individual student not only gets a good grade but thoroughly understands the material.
But I still hate going to see teachers. Hate every second of it. Which is weird cuz my dad is a teacher and I've always felt like he's totally cool with students coming in to see him. That's why they have office hours. But I still don't like it!
Today, though, I finally made up my mind that I just had to see my Spanish teacher. I got a 50% on an exam a while back which is very clearly not like me at all. It was seriously bugging me a lot. It was actually two exams ago but I've been dreading seeing him so much that I've refused to go until today.
Well, I went upstairs in the Smith to talk to my teacher today. On my way to his office I decided I had to go to the bathroom first. I was so nervous! On my way to the bathroom I walked by my friend Tiare (T-R-E). I said hi, she said hi back.
She asked me where I was going. I pointed behind me and said, "On my way to go see a teacher..." She looked at my hand pointing back in the direction I just came from. "Annnnnd?"
"Annnnd.... umm.... I'm going to go to the bathroom."
Kay, well it was funnier at the time. She just laughed at me. I don't know why I even pointed. Ugh.
I hate going to see teachers. But I did eventually make it into his office and we discussed the exam. We noted some errors the computer made in grading my exam and he bumped it up a bit for which I was grateful.
We also talked about the ones I got wrong. As usual I had everything right but just got a basic idea backwards accidentally and that killed me on several questions. He said the whole class average went down several points with that exam so it wasn't just me. And he drops the lowest exam score anyway so it wasn't really a big deal.
The best part is I now totally get what I did wrong and I've proved to the teacher that I truly do understand what's going on in his class even if my stupid grades don't reflect it. He really is a fantastic teacher and is genuinely interested that each individual student not only gets a good grade but thoroughly understands the material.
But I still hate going to see teachers. Hate every second of it. Which is weird cuz my dad is a teacher and I've always felt like he's totally cool with students coming in to see him. That's why they have office hours. But I still don't like it!
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