Classes

Having a lot of fun with my classes. Just started taking Spanish at CHICLE. Last week I tried the group class but my spanish is so messed up that I thought it would be better for me to take private classes. I think it's going to work out really well. My teacher's name is Alejandro, he says my spanish writing is really good (meaning spelling). He kept asking me to stop him if I don't understand throughout the whole class but I think I may have stopped him once (or maybe twice) so finally after him telling me to stop him for the 4th time if I didn't understand I told him that part of my problem was that I practically understood everything he was saying, just couldn't speak at the same pace he was. He seems really awesome, we talked the whole time about my living abroad as it's something he says he's wanted to do forever but never really gotten past Europe so he was fascinated to hear my view of things (even though it took me a little bit to get it out sometimes). I'm really excited to be finally back to Spanish and hope it can get back to where it was. My homework for next time is to try and sell him on Dali. He's going to pretend to give me funds for a Dali museum and I have to convince him that it's worth giving the funds to. I love Dali so I think I'm going to enjoy this, actually currently reading his book Diccionario Privado (Private Dictionary) which is a compilation of his definitions of different words. It's super interesting (although in Spanish).

Unlike Spanish where the whole class is basically a conversation deal (and therefore a bit more relaxed), Chinese is a bit more formal as I'm trying to learn to read. It's going better than it was now but I'm definitely looking forward to taking class with the new teacher (they're going to put me on one hour with the old teacher and one hour with the new one that I don't know yet).

Sign Language is doing great, I've got a silent dinner to go to tomorrow and I'm a bit nervous about it cause I don't know that I'm ready to sit and have conversations with the hearing impaired in sign language only. It seems a bit intimidating honestly so I'm going to study again tonight.