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helloitsme4444

schedule

Dec 14, 2006 22:50

So registration was last wednesday. meh. i'm on two waiting lists. one of which i'm probably not going to get into (intro to ceramics for my art requirement) and one of which i probably will, but might not choose to switch into depending on the people i find in both seminars (i wanted bernie for sem instead of jamie...yeah, i call them by first ( Read more... )

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punknight December 15 2006, 06:19:40 UTC

Wow, heavy class load. I'd personally be excited about Intro to Politics, though it would probably make me angry, as almost everything to do with politics does.
To be honest though, I don't really even understand why French is a language taught in schools anymore. It seems so irrelevant next to the languages of countries that are becoming more important in the world, such as Chinese, Hindi, and Arabic. I guess I just don't understand the insistence on clinging to teaching European dialects in countries of diminishing importance in the world when most people in those countries are taught to speak English anyway. We should probably be learning the languages of countries that aren't teaching their children English.
I could see why you would want to learn some of these languages as a linguistics major, I just don't understand why schools aren't making other more relevant languages more available for students as well. Am I wrong?

helloitsme4444 December 15 2006, 22:09:47 UTC

Hmm...well, first off, picking french and german wasn't really my choice. well, it was. folsom high offered three; i still picked the less-practical of the three, since spanish would have made sense. but i have beef with spanish, and it was my heart's desire to speak french and german, despite little details like practicality. my heart's two other desires are irish gaelic and burmese. ...yeah ( ... )

punknight December 16 2006, 06:32:14 UTC

hmm, I see your point. I guess finding teachers for those languages might be difficult; and finding students to fill the classes could be tough 'cause people are ignant.

...on a side note, whats the lumberjack/axe-murderer in your pic saying?

helloitsme4444 December 16 2006, 16:57:31 UTC

Peta means People Eating Tasty Animals, but i've also made it say Meat is Murder, Tasty Tasty Murder.

dmears December 15 2006, 06:20:10 UTC

You're pretty much the coolest person I know!

looprunner51 December 15 2006, 23:02:07 UTC

(Obviously he doesn't know me)

helloitsme4444 December 17 2006, 00:29:05 UTC

then why haven't you come by and given me your French book yet, huh?
haha, just kidding. but really. don't be a stranger, come by.

looprunner51 December 15 2006, 23:01:51 UTC

Why do you need to learn Native American Languages? We pushed them folk off our land years ago. Like, 1980 or something. You should learn cat instead. I'm sure my mom would teach you.