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last monday i felt on top of the world - you all know it, you read the post. then tuesday i got the flu. i spent 6 days in bed, 5 of them with a fever. the lesson, kids? Happiness is fleeting. i hereby resolve to be grumpy.
my classes are actually interesting this semester! down side: the material is actually somewhat difficult, which wouldn't be a down side if i could understand italian the way i understand english. damnation, it is going to feel really good to go home and take classes with professors who have the same native language as me. obviously, i am surviving here. obviously, i'm doing well enough (gotten As on all 3 of my exams thus far). however, it is damn hard and will be very relaxing to go home and not have to struggle all the time. ok, so maybe i'll have to struggle, but it'll be with other stuff - not the language.
also, my english lit class would be a lot easier if we'd actually read some english lit. instead the professor just talks really fast in italian about the abstract concepts behind the literature that we're not actually reading. when she says stuff in english, sometimes it's really difficult to comprehend through her accent. oh, TS Eliot, you and your wasteland...
my classes are actually interesting this semester! down side: the material is actually somewhat difficult, which wouldn't be a down side if i could understand italian the way i understand english. damnation, it is going to feel really good to go home and take classes with professors who have the same native language as me. obviously, i am surviving here. obviously, i'm doing well enough (gotten As on all 3 of my exams thus far). however, it is damn hard and will be very relaxing to go home and not have to struggle all the time. ok, so maybe i'll have to struggle, but it'll be with other stuff - not the language.
also, my english lit class would be a lot easier if we'd actually read some english lit. instead the professor just talks really fast in italian about the abstract concepts behind the literature that we're not actually reading. when she says stuff in english, sometimes it's really difficult to comprehend through her accent. oh, TS Eliot, you and your wasteland...