Grateful musings on a cranky day
Dear Professor James,
Thank you for teaching 400R the way that you do. Sure, I'm just taking it because I need to take the Proficiency exam it offers in order to graduate, but little did I know how wonderful it would end up being. Your rules for it are simple--come to class once a week, complete 22 hours of work outside of those hours, and write 11 essays. But an essay, you said, can be anything that we didn't get out of a textbook, anything that is writing that we need to work on. Today, I wrote sentences wherein I tried to remember the gender of the nouns I was using and corrected myself when I remembered them wrong. It took me an hour and at the end, I felt like I had learned something and counted it as an essay. The afternoon light was coming through the window in my favorite building on campus, and I was grateful that I had this class to FINALLY work on all those little things that I never quite learned right, but never had time or motivation to work on. I left the classroom feeling positive about my German and that maybe I'm coming close to being able to speak this language properly--so much different from angry and frustrated--how I felt when I woke up this morning. Thank you for that, Professor James. It's nice to feel positive once in a while, and its always your classes that make me feel that way.
Sincerely,
Catherine
Dear winter weather,
Thank you for the brief respite. Oh, I know you'll be back, but having 40 degree weather the last 2 days rather than 10-20 degree weather has been so rejuvenating.
Thanks,
Catherine
Dear twilight,
You are so lovely. You are my favorite time of day, and one of the few times of day I look around and think "Holy cow, Utah is BEAUTIFUL sometimes!" I especially like the way you turn the mountains pink and make everything seem soft and warm, even if it is cold outside. You are a nice end to a long day.
Love,
Catherine
Thank you for teaching 400R the way that you do. Sure, I'm just taking it because I need to take the Proficiency exam it offers in order to graduate, but little did I know how wonderful it would end up being. Your rules for it are simple--come to class once a week, complete 22 hours of work outside of those hours, and write 11 essays. But an essay, you said, can be anything that we didn't get out of a textbook, anything that is writing that we need to work on. Today, I wrote sentences wherein I tried to remember the gender of the nouns I was using and corrected myself when I remembered them wrong. It took me an hour and at the end, I felt like I had learned something and counted it as an essay. The afternoon light was coming through the window in my favorite building on campus, and I was grateful that I had this class to FINALLY work on all those little things that I never quite learned right, but never had time or motivation to work on. I left the classroom feeling positive about my German and that maybe I'm coming close to being able to speak this language properly--so much different from angry and frustrated--how I felt when I woke up this morning. Thank you for that, Professor James. It's nice to feel positive once in a while, and its always your classes that make me feel that way.
Sincerely,
Catherine
Dear winter weather,
Thank you for the brief respite. Oh, I know you'll be back, but having 40 degree weather the last 2 days rather than 10-20 degree weather has been so rejuvenating.
Thanks,
Catherine
Dear twilight,
You are so lovely. You are my favorite time of day, and one of the few times of day I look around and think "Holy cow, Utah is BEAUTIFUL sometimes!" I especially like the way you turn the mountains pink and make everything seem soft and warm, even if it is cold outside. You are a nice end to a long day.
Love,
Catherine
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