Well, my husband is off gallivanting this weekend, and I am stuck here at home doing homework. I have 20 pages worth of Spanish papers due on Monday and my brain is quite weary of thinking in Spanish. I got this rough draft back from my professor and almost cried because it was practically bleeding. Granted, he said I did a good job, it just looked absolutely horrible! There are so many little things, like accents and adjective agreement and direct object agreement, in Spanish that people take for granted in the English language.
Writing well in English has never been my forte. I thoroughly enjoy writing, my creative side was just never fully developed and so ideas and such do not come as easily to me as to some. Now, give me a research paper to write and I can have it taken out in a couple of hours with the proper research. But, ask me to write 8 pages about my thoughts on the book of Romans, in Spanish nonetheless, and my brain takes a vacation. It's not that I don't have any thoughts on Romans or lack the ability to critically think about the book, it's just that things don't flow nearly as well without quotes to back up my thoughts and make them feel legitimate.
For the other Spanish paper, I am writing about a very interesting book Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez. I was expecting it to be another outlet for liberal garbage, but was actually quite impressed by this autobiography. He discusses how education allowed him to become more intelligent and "assimilate" (a word with a very negative connotation in Chicano Literature) into the American culture. Definitely worth a read for anyone with a long afternoon. But, for this paper, I simply outlined the book - from there, my mind drew blanks on what to write about, how to make it sound like I wanted, and get the message tumbling around in my brain onto paper. It is a very frustrating path to be placed upon, and one that is going to ruin me if I let it. But, I am determined, this afternoon and tomorrow, as well as all day yesterday, to not let it get the best of me. There are fantastic thoughts up there, critical thoughts about this book, I just have to figure out how to get them out and onto the paper so I can turn it in.
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I would be curious to hear your critique of the book. Maybe you'll have to share it on your blog -- wait until after it's turned in though.
se Hablo espanol in Arkansas.
Poor excuse for trying to write in Spanish isn't it. Can't imagine trying to do it for a class.
But I am getting more of a chance to practice my speaking of spanish as more and more hispanics inhabit Arkansas.
But as always The Rural Life is a Great Life
and The Rural Life is a Great Life especilally in Arkansas
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