Exams...
My Chinese oral exam was a bust.
I had to perform a dialogue with a partner, but she hadn't memorized any of her lines. I ended up coaching her through it. After two minutes of this, I lost track myself while trying to figure out what she was saying, and there was this awkward silence. Then I just said her line, she repeated it, I said my line, whispered hers, she repeated it...
Disaaaaaaaaaaaster.
Why is it that this semester, I'm always partnered with people who don't pull their weight? I looked like a pretentious ass, feeding her the lines, and since I was basically saying everything (in front of a crowd, oh god) my voice was shaking and god KNOWS if I got the tones right through all that.
I had to perform a dialogue with a partner, but she hadn't memorized any of her lines. I ended up coaching her through it. After two minutes of this, I lost track myself while trying to figure out what she was saying, and there was this awkward silence. Then I just said her line, she repeated it, I said my line, whispered hers, she repeated it...
Disaaaaaaaaaaaster.
Why is it that this semester, I'm always partnered with people who don't pull their weight? I looked like a pretentious ass, feeding her the lines, and since I was basically saying everything (in front of a crowd, oh god) my voice was shaking and god KNOWS if I got the tones right through all that.