Italian Class
Categories: Language, PersonalToday was my first Italian 101 class. I think it’s going to be quite fun. And relatively easy. For me, anyway. Of course, I enjoy learning languages and am pretty good at it, so it’s right up my alley.
It’s four days a week (and, yes, four credits), for 50 minutes each day. The teacher is friendly and forgiving. 
I think she’ll make the class fun and not just “sit and listen.” The textbooks were quite expensive, but other than that, it’s great. I have a small fee for submitting my Tuition Remission form, and that’s all. It’s nice to work at a university! 
I decided not to take the German class this year. That would put me at 7 credits, and 6 is technically the max we’re allowed to take. I could probably get authorization to go over, but I figure this is my first full semester working here and I’d better ease into taking courses. Plus, I know I have a tendency to jump into things “gung ho” and worry about how hard it might be later. My first priority has to be to my job, with class coming second, so taking just one right now is probably the smart thing for me to do.
I figure that, if my current German proficiency is roughly equal to 2 or 2.5 years of college-level German classes, that taking two years of any language will get me an acceptable level of competency. And then I can take additional if I want to pursue actual fluency. What fun! Beside Italian, I’ve got Spanish, French, German, and Chinese available here at Butler. Gotta love it!!
Current music: 
Adiemus IV: The Eternal Knot
Reflections of Passion, by Yanni
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