stage
I am so over stage. Granted I have missed most of it, but still I cannot wait until swear-in in mid-September.
I should't have taken the language test. I haven't been in language class in four weeks, and during most of that time I have not even thought about Hassaniya. So I already know I can't speak it. Plus, I got sick in Tadjikja on my last day of site visit, and I still wasn't feeling so hot the day of the test. Not the makings for a good result.
Yeah, the test confirmed that I have in fact forgotten most of the Hassaniya I picked up at the beginning of stage. The highlight of the test was when, after I stumbled through the basics of the greetings and my name and the like, the tester asked me "so, where does your mother in America live?" There was a long pause. I tried to answer in Hassaniya and somehow got throuh another 5-10 min of conversation. After the test I went to lunch and I was done for the rest of the day, done for the rest of center days, done for the rest of stage.
It has been a really, really long two months, and all I want is for the rest of it to be over.
I should't have taken the language test. I haven't been in language class in four weeks, and during most of that time I have not even thought about Hassaniya. So I already know I can't speak it. Plus, I got sick in Tadjikja on my last day of site visit, and I still wasn't feeling so hot the day of the test. Not the makings for a good result.
Yeah, the test confirmed that I have in fact forgotten most of the Hassaniya I picked up at the beginning of stage. The highlight of the test was when, after I stumbled through the basics of the greetings and my name and the like, the tester asked me "so, where does your mother in America live?" There was a long pause. I tried to answer in Hassaniya and somehow got throuh another 5-10 min of conversation. After the test I went to lunch and I was done for the rest of the day, done for the rest of center days, done for the rest of stage.
It has been a really, really long two months, and all I want is for the rest of it to be over.