6A: No Hablo Español

Spanish is my least favorite subject.  I started taking the class in 6^th grade.  My teacher was amazing and I had a lot of friends in the class.  That year Spanish was a lot of fun.  It was almost easy learning the basics.  That is where it stopped, though.  After that year, Spanish became a real challenge for me.  I don’t know why exactly.  I always had a friend in my class.  All through middle school and high school my teachers were very nice.  They would always give extra help when anyone needed it, especially me.  I studied every day, did all my homework, and did my best to participate in class.  For some reason, I just couldn’t grasp the language. 

With a lot of help from my friends and teachers, I was able to pass each year with a good grades and minimal understanding and retention.  By some miracle, I ended up in Spanish 200 this semester.  I have no idea what’s going on in my class.  My professor speaks only in Spanish.  Apparently, my Spanish professor is funny because she said something, in Spanish of course, the other day and the whole class laughed.  I hope it wasn’t at my expense. Even the directions in my workbook are in Spanish.

Since it’s too late to drop the class, I have no choice but to pass the class.  I make an appointment with my Spanish tutor, Ursula, every Wednesday and Thursday, the only days she is available, at the tutor center.  I make flashcards of the vocabulary for each chapter and I have even started watching my favorite movies in Spanish with English subtitles.

I clearly have to put more effort in, based on my first exam grade.  I passed but, not with the grade I had hoped for.  I will have to study a little more every day.  I would like to finish my online lab homework early, so I will have the time and energy to go back and edit it. I will not let this language get the better of me.