Friday, January 24, 2014

My Native Language

From doing my reading I've learned that I know next to nothing about the English language.  How is it that I can speak fluently, and yet not be able to explain why a sentence sounds correct or not?  Honestly, I feel like I have a lifetime (or at least a semester's-worth) of information that I need to learn and memorize in order to do well on this upcoming grammar test.

I think what I'll have to do is re-do all of our in-class quizzes, and study the answer keys to understand why I missed what I did.  I'll probably need to re-read several sections of the reading, take the practice test, and study that for a long time.  I may also need to pay a visit to the TA's office.  It looks like I have my work cut out for me.  But with one sister in the ER as I type, another sister mourning the loss of her mother (we had the same dad, but not the same mom), and all of my many siblings headed this way for the funeral, I honestly am not sure how I will fit all of that in alongside working and my calling responsibilities.

This is why I take one to two classes a semester.  I don't know how you full-timers do it.  It seems like there's always something.      

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