Okay, are you familiar with the game "two truths and a lie"? Really a pretty boring game, but it serves its purpose. The rules are simple: out of three given statements, two are true, and one is a lie (coincidentally, the description of the game is quite similar to its name). The object of this game is to guess which statement is a lie. Ready? Here they are:
1. My Sprachkurs professor is incompetent.
2. I am anxious to explore the continent and restless to finish the semester.
3. The weather here sucks.
Mkay, well, the first two are true - Sprachkurs A is so frustrating! The professor is incompetent and often rude to students. She gives us worksheets without explaining the grammar that it practices, and then gets angry when students don't provide the correct answers. She is impatient to students who take longer to complete tests and often mishears (or rather ignores) correct responses and says that they are false. When the students are rather secure that their answer is indeed correct, some push the topic and others just tune out for the rest of the class period. To those who confront her, the professor is confrontational and defensive when forced to admit that she misheard. For the most part, all my other classes are great, but this class has, on many occasions, caused me to question whether it's really worth keeping the German major if I have to take this class. Hopefully the professor will develop competence as a teacher in the next few months, or perhaps I can find a way to switch to Sprachkurs B (which is taught by Christel, whom I adore AND who can teach very well).
Additionally, I cannot wait for the semester break - two months to travel. I want to go everywhere; my Wanderlust is insatiable. As it is, I'm trying to keep myself satisfied by taking walks (and photos) in the Englischer Garten and cooking spicy food (that is to say, pretending I'm in a culture that knows what to do with chilis). Plus, as my old camera died and I bought a new one a few weeks ago, I am trying to learn how to work with all the pretty buttons/settings it has. Unfortunately, my camera is far smarter than I, but hopefully it'll teach me if I just aim in the right direction and guess at some number settings.
The lie was the statement regarding the weather. It's beautiful right now - the sky is clear, the air is crisp, and it's just started to snow, so everything looks pristine and lovely. I don't know how pretty it will seem when it starts turning to sludge or when the ice makes me want to strap pillows all over my body to protect myself from the sidewalk... but for now, it's lovely.
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