I've spoken with my Spanish professor and he assures me I'll do fine. And so far on my tests, homework, and quizzes I have. But, I don't feel like I really understand what I'm trying to learn and that at some point (just like every college student has had this nightmare) a test will be plunked down in front of me and I will have no clue whatsoever. None. In fact, learning a foreign language is like having aura with a migraine. I know those are letters and words that should make some sense to me, but they don't. It might as well be shorthand, hieroglyphics, or Rorschach test cards for all the sense they make to me. And, almost all of the other students in my class have had several years of Spanish in high school so they are babbling happily away while I can barely tell them what my name is. When I questioned why the student I was paired up with was in this class and not third semester Spanish, his reply was, "it's an easy four credits." In English, of course, because I couldn't understand what he had said in Spanish. I asked him if he realized how much tuition he was wasting on something he already knew? (Four credits tuition and a $200 book) His blank look back at me said many things, amongst which was the fact that he probably wasn't paying for his tuition to begin with.
I'm going to start a protest against the protests. Enough already. Unless you have something that is really Earth shattering to protest against, I don't want to hear about it anymore. I worked minimum wage jobs for years until I worked my way up to where I am now. There's no reason why anyone else shouldn't be able to do the same thing. There is no guarantee in this life that you will be provided for no matter what. And, there shouldn't be either. I don't expect my tuition to be paid for, and as a tax payer, home owner, and student I get to pay twice so maybe I should protest against that. Hmm, it's an idea.
The way I see it, the only ones winning with all these protests are the sign making shops.
