School

pokeplayer984 · **Reply #40 on:** September 07, 2007, 02:04:50 PM

I was never able to get into Spanish. I could only remember so little no matter how hard I tried. All I know of Spanish is 1-10, hello, goodbye and cat. That's it!

I was even more greif striken at a point when I was about to go into my final year of High School. I had yet to take a class in another language and explained to my counsler just how hard it was for me to learn another language. You wouldn't believe my relief when he told me that there was an alternate high school degree that didn't require learning another language. I was quite happy and took the classes that were required for me to avoid learning another language. If you ask me, it was completely worth it. :^.^:

Petrie. · **Reply #41 on:** September 07, 2007, 03:48:06 PM

Something for the non-native English speakers - what were your reactions to learning English? Enjoyable? Difficult? English is supposedly the hardest language to learn due to inconsistencies within the language.

Manny Cav · **Reply #42 on:** September 07, 2007, 06:18:20 PM

I can't say that I disagree that English has it's inconsistencies. However, I've also heard that other languages are inconsistent on occasion, so I really don't know....

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #43 on:** September 07, 2007, 07:03:56 PM

I find spanish to be extremely difficult, French to be harder, and japaneese to be impossible

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I've taken all three, I've hated all three.

DarkHououmon · **Reply #44 on:** September 07, 2007, 09:18:15 PM

Japanese is more difficult because it's structured completely differently from English, Spanish, French, etc. Not to mention it uses symbols instead of letters. I can read Katakana symbols, but that's about it.

I've been told that Spanish is the easiest foreign language to learn. I know a tiny bit of Spanish myself, more than Japanese that's for sure. But I forgot much of what I learned. It was fun though. We got to watch Spanish cartoons at the end of the first year.

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #45 on:** September 08, 2007, 12:51:10 AM

Oh, I can speak lots of spanish, I just say words in sentances backwards and I just end up sounding rediculous. I've never been able to say stuff in sequence with spanish. I'd say something like:

Milk please the pass

Instead of:

Pass the milk please.

I'm hopeless

DarkHououmon · **Reply #46 on:** September 08, 2007, 01:04:39 AM

It's been a while since I've spoken any kind of spanish. All I remember about the sentence structure is that... well instead of "I have a very fat dog." it would be "I have a dog very fat." Noun comes first, then adjectives, verbs, and adverbs, if I recall correctly.

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #47 on:** September 08, 2007, 01:55:59 AM

I wouldn't know any sentance structure. I took spanish in 6th grade, but I got some sorta terrible bug that took me out for 2 weeks straight and I totally skipped that lesson.

Malte279 · **Reply #48 on:** September 08, 2007, 08:55:30 AM

English was the first subject in which I really sucked

After primary school it was quite a shock for me to realize that I could actually get a 5 (this is a grade which will force a student to repeat a class if you have more than one on your final grade report of the year).
Later on I was about average if it came to English, I was certainly not good in the subject. I did realize however, that basically English is A LOT easier than German or Latin (my second foreign language) as it lacks quite a number of basically unnecessary rules. Also I never ever had to ask myself "gee, what do I need this for anyway?". I always was aware what English was good for and this impression became even stronger when we got an internet connection (in 1997) and when I grew more interested in subjects which required me to read English books. Furthermore I am not exaggerating when I say that I was fascinated by English and American history even in my primary school days before I could even speak English (the first English vocabularies I learned were all taken from the names of famous native American chiefs: sitting, bull, red, horse, cloud, crazy, horse, rain, face, afraid, low, dog, eagle, crow, big, little, man, etc.

). Therefore I always had a kind of positive basic attitude towards learning English (which did not necessarily reflect on my effort to actually work for it at all times) which is not true in case of subjects which I felt I would never ever need in real live (especially Math in the higher grades).

Teresa · **Reply #49 on:** September 08, 2007, 03:09:15 PM

School ? Ha ! well i've taken a year out of education because i wasn't happy with my results and any time i was at school from years 1-12 so i wanted year to chill. I got a 'U' grade for my animation course and main exam :cry2 But i wasn't really that surprised as the teacher knew nothing about animation and if it wern't for my determination and help from animation books i would've got nowhere. The only good thing was i9 got a free animation software disc. but i realised that the software is rubbish so i'm gonna see about getting a better one and get a part time job.

Malte279 · **Reply #50 on:** September 08, 2007, 03:28:29 PM

Is there no compulsory education where you live? :unsure:

Teresa · **Reply #51 on:** September 08, 2007, 03:59:57 PM

Well i'd done all the education i had to do. i'm at the point where i can decide what i want to do. By years i mean school years not age. Just in case you wondered.

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #52 on:** September 08, 2007, 07:50:54 PM

It's the weekend and I'm looooooov'n it!

A vacation to heaven!!! B)

Flathead770 · **Reply #53 on:** September 09, 2007, 12:21:17 AM

Glad your lovin it, i'm hating it, as i have 2 essays to write before monday. Talk about a miserable weekend

Weather_lord_7 · **Reply #54 on:** September 12, 2007, 09:08:23 PM

Well, rest assured. Our school troubles are being shared,