Help?

[conuly]

I want to attempt, one summer soon, the Greek Language Institute. Basically, you spend all summer, five days a week, from 9:30 to 4:00... learning ancient Greek. 12 credits. Two years of Greek in one summer.

How crazy is this? How does one schedule time for this? Why am I doing this to myself? Why on earth am I translating all this into Latin as I type it?????

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[conuly]

Really? Because I know two babies who babble (and crawl! and stand! and pull to sitting!) quite well! :)

I only mentioned Harris because I like calling him "Professor Petpet" in my mind... *gigglesnorts*

[ril-chan.livejournal.com]

Heeeeee. Yes, really. ^^

::sniiiiiiiickers:: Dude! I had a Biology teacher once named Mrs. Harris...she was rather much of a bitch, though. Her class was HELL--she was a good teacher, but didn't know how to NOT alienate her students; one time when we were saying the pledge, this oriental girl named Linda forgot to stand, and Mrs. Harris, she says to her, "I don't know how you do it over in Asia, but in America we stand for the pledge." ::grinds teeth together::

/random hate. ^^;;;;

[conuly]

"Yes, and we also have this cool thing called the first amendment. Care to take it up with my lawyer?"

*hasn't stood for the pledge in 6+ years and doesn't intend to start now*

I ranted about this already, it's in my memories.

[ril-chan.livejournal.com]

Exactly. :/

I always stand for the pledge, because quite a few members of my family have served in the military and my brother's going to start basic training to be a Marine next summer, and for me, it's a matter of respect and such. But that's just for me; if someone else doesn't feel the same way, that's their business, and if they don't wish to say the pledge, that's their business as well, and it's not something I'm going to get angry at a person for, and certainly not something I'm going to get nasty about.

::goes to see:: Ahhh, I remember that rant. ::went back and read through all your posts a while back:: You make very good points.

[conuly]

*blushes* My journal isn't that much worth reading!

Except the rants. Those are good.

And I've had some... well, one, really... teachers be very nasty about it. But even then... what she said is beyond the pale, turning a simple political comment into a bit of racism. Aside from which, if said person isn't a citizen, she shouldn't be expected to say the pledge OR stand for it. And if she is a citizen, that comment about "here in america" was completely uncalled for.

Wow, we're *really* offtopic. Oh well. My blog, I can be offtopic if I want, so there! :P

[ril-chan.livejournal.com]

Yes it is. I know so, because I get bored fairly easily, yet you've never bored me. ^~

I'm really not sure whether she was a citizen or not, as I didn't know her very well and only remember now that she was really nice and could yell really loudly if she had a mind to, but it doesn't matter whether she was a citizen or not, there's still no excuse for behavior like that. ::mutters darkly:: I mean, she wasn't even refusing to say the pledge (which wouldn't be an excuse either, I'm just saying), she just forgot to stand up.

Yes, yes we kinda are. Being off-topic can be fun. ::nodsnods:: ^^

[conuly]

And yet, this is the first you've commented?

Oh well. Enough commentwhoring from me! Bad connie!

[ril-chan.livejournal.com]

I've commented a couple other times, but not much and not lately. I'm usually more of a listener, and less of a talker--I'm just chatty tonight, and in a mood to try to be more sociable than I tend to be. Generally speaking, the only person who can count on regular comments from me is my girlfriend. ^^;;;;

I'll try to comment more in the future, though I can't make any promises. ^~