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10 Realities Of Taking A Spanish Class In College

No me gusta el español.

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Hola, como estas? Those right there are three of the few words I actually remember from my three semesters of Spanish (I learned so much). Any student who has ever had to suffer through, I mean, take a foreign language class truly knows what it means to struggle. You almost never really know what's going on, and I believe that everyone has been personally victimized in one form or another. If you've ever tried learning Spanish, you'll probably relate to this article, and if you've never taken it, use this as a warning to never do it.

1. When your professor tells you that English will not be used in the classroom

This is a joke, right? This has to be a joke. (Fun fact: it's not a joke.)

2. Trying to give an oral presentation

Listen, this is as good as it's going to get when you tell me to give four, seven minute presentations straight from memory.

3. Always avoiding answering in-class questions because you know nothing

I'd love to tell you how to conjugate that verb except not really.

4. But then the professor says class participation is worth a lot of your grade

Please call on me, Professor. I love Spanish. Spanish is my passion.

5. So you just answer incorrectly because at least you're trying

Nailed it.

6. This is basically your professor's reaction to anything you say all semester

Oh, you mean it's not, "Yo soy taco?" My bad.

7. Learning about preterite vs. imperfect

What do you mean I can just use the surrounding words as context clues to decide how to conjugate? I don't know what any part of this sentence says.

8. Spending five hours on homework and still not finishing it

So it's good that there's new homework due every week.

9. The listening section of the test is your worst enemy

"Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word used." Excuse me? I didn't remotely hear any of the vegetable vocabulary mentioned in that sentence that was spoken a mile a minute.

10. Trying to reach the word count needed for your composition

You're 50 words short, so you just start describing every family member with random adjectives you know how to say. Like, your sister isn't even blonde, but that's the only hair color you know.

Anyone who has taken a Spanish course and survived deserves a gold medal or one million dollars (just something casual, you know?), but if you're still finishing up those foreign language classes, buena suerte to you.

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