Our teacher talks to us 95% of the time in Spanish, of which I understand only a small portion. This is tricky because I am trying to learn it and only a portion of the explanation is understood.
Now, here is an interesting distinction in learning.
The teacher gave us a test today and I did well, only missing 2 things out of about 30. The test evaluates what you know...knowledge.
But I can't understand what she or any other Spanish speaker says.
Yella, on the other hand, didn't do as well on the test...but she understands the majority of what Spanish speakers say.
So it just goes to show you that knowledge is worthless. At least for learning languages.
This kind of shit pisses me off to the max.
I am used to dealing with the world through thinking, analyzing and knowledge.
But that doesn't fly for learning a language.
There is some other skill involved that eludes me.
And I don't like it!
This all leaves me feeling stupid. I don't do well with stupid. I want to strike out and hurt someone for making me feel stupid.
I better go hide in a cave for a while.
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It only shows there are different styles of learning, that's all. Each person gets different parts of it at different stages and in different ways. In the end, everyone who persists ends up at about the same place. Worked for me.
Signed, another thinker, analyzer type.
Thanks Bill. It is good to hear--again and again--that it really is possible to learn another language. In spite of how it feels.
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