#876
Posted: 9/17/06 at 12:54pm
Good luck! There's nothing like this board for procrastinating when there's stuff to be done.
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#877
Posted: 9/17/06 at 12:56pm
Latin is the foreign language I'm best at, probably because I never have to use it in conversation.
#878
Posted: 9/17/06 at 2:32pm
I wish my school offered Latin.
I have to go to a college fair now. I hope I don't knock any displays down with my crutches. I'm clumsy enough without them. I've automatically crossed all MN colleges off my list ages ago.
I have to go to a college fair now. I hope I don't knock any displays down with my crutches. I'm clumsy enough without them. I've automatically crossed all MN colleges off my list ages ago.
#879
Posted: 9/17/06 at 2:33pm
Macalester is really nice, though. :)
#880
Posted: 9/17/06 at 4:17pm
I'm considering a MN college. But all of the others are in Illinois. I don't know if I'll ever get out of here.
<--Sometimes it's easier to get out of a jam than into one
#881
Posted: 9/17/06 at 5:51pm
Heh, I don't *know* Latin, but I took five years of it in high school. (So like me to go for the dead language rather than something practical like French or Spanish.) It was a lot of fun for the history/culture aspect. In college I took a couple of semesters of Italian, but I'm not as good with spoken languages as written ones.
#882
Posted: 9/17/06 at 6:44pm
Hey, Macalester's really close to my school. It certainly is quite nice.
I can't believe it's already Sunday. Weekends go too fast once you're back in school.
I can't believe it's already Sunday. Weekends go too fast once you're back in school.
#883
Posted: 9/17/06 at 6:52pm
I used to have to sing in Latin a lot. Other than a few Christian-related phrases, I don't know anything.
Ariella, I did the same thing when applying to colleges. I refused to consider anything in Maryland, especially the University of Maryland (where a good quarter of my graduating class went).
Ariella, I did the same thing when applying to colleges. I refused to consider anything in Maryland, especially the University of Maryland (where a good quarter of my graduating class went).
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
Wanting life but never knowing how
#884
Posted: 9/17/06 at 7:47pm
Ariella, I agree completely. I feel like I got nothing accomplished this weekend. The same thing will happen next weekend too and probably the weekend after that. Actually, now that I think about it. I have something major going on every weekend until the end of October.
<--Sometimes it's easier to get out of a jam than into one
#885
Posted: 9/17/06 at 7:49pm
In three weeks, I'll be getting ready for a certain person's concert.
Uh huh.
I finished my papers. I'm not really satisfied with one of them, but I'll never be satisfied, so...
Uh huh.
I finished my papers. I'm not really satisfied with one of them, but I'll never be satisfied, so...
#886
Posted: 9/17/06 at 7:50pm
I didn't get enough work done today. I'm at the library now, but I also have internet now, soooooo.
I should have taken Latin.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
I should have taken Latin.
#887
Posted: 9/17/06 at 7:52pm
Hugs for Emcee.
I'm reading SparkNotes for The Iliad. Talk about deja vu.
I'm reading SparkNotes for The Iliad. Talk about deja vu.
#888
Posted: 9/17/06 at 7:54pm
Group hug! I also overslept, so. Hyper.
I have to read Sparknotes. I hate myself for doing it, but I dunno how my professor expects us to read 400 pages per class session.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
I have to read Sparknotes. I hate myself for doing it, but I dunno how my professor expects us to read 400 pages per class session.
#889
Posted: 9/17/06 at 9:26pm
Aw, I hope you feel better Ariella!
My chorus went to Msuic in the Parks (a music competition that takes place at several different amesment parks) & we had to sing a song in Latin. It wasn't that bad considering most of the words were repetitve. We got 1st place
My chorus went to Msuic in the Parks (a music competition that takes place at several different amesment parks) & we had to sing a song in Latin. It wasn't that bad considering most of the words were repetitve. We got 1st place
"Some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, take the moment & making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity."
-Gilda Radner
-Gilda Radner
#890
Posted: 9/17/06 at 9:27pm
That's extreme, Emcee. How often are the classes? I wish I had studied Latin too.
Lexi, three weeks and an hour from now.
Lexi, three weeks and an hour from now.
#891
Posted: 9/17/06 at 9:33pm
I would have taken Latin if it was offered, and I realllllly want to learn German, but my school only offered French and Spanish at the time, and now Spanish is the only thing offered. Meh.
#892
Posted: 9/17/06 at 9:34pm
Tuesday/Thursday.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#893
Posted: 9/17/06 at 9:41pm
I don't remember having any classes as demanding as the ones you and Lexi have described. My toughest assignment was probably reading everything Shakespeare wrote for my class on him. I didn't quite make it through all the sonnets and narrative poems. I think I read all the plays.
#894
Posted: 9/17/06 at 9:45pm
It varies, but this novel per session stuff is craaaazy.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#895
Posted: 9/17/06 at 9:51pm
I took 5 years of Spanish. I've retained only enough to be able to watch telanovelas with closed captioning on.
I have a bunch of busywork due this week. Bleh. But next weekend makes up for it.
I have a bunch of busywork due this week. Bleh. But next weekend makes up for it.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
Wanting life but never knowing how
#896
Posted: 9/18/06 at 3:15am
GAH! I hate the stupid IMDB Boards.
/end rant
/end rant
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#897
Posted: 9/18/06 at 6:14am
I took French from Grade 4 to Grade 9, I would've continued but I had a very bad teacher my last year.
College is soo much different than university in Canada. Everything is really hands-on instead of just an information overload. My reading assignments are only around 20 pages per class, and my major assignments have a lot of in-class components.
College is soo much different than university in Canada. Everything is really hands-on instead of just an information overload. My reading assignments are only around 20 pages per class, and my major assignments have a lot of in-class components.
#898
Posted: 9/18/06 at 8:37am
Jesus, I'm going to college in Canada.
er...university?
er...university?
Updated On: 9/18/06 at 08:37 AM
#899
Posted: 9/18/06 at 11:07am
My high school required everyone to take 2 years of either Latin or classical Greek, in addition to 4 years of Spanish, French, or Japanese. I guess it was useful in learning about how language works even if there isn't much use for Latin today.
My brother's in the middle of the college-application frenzy right now. He decided to apply early to NYU, which makes me really happy (he was going to apply there anyway, he just wasn't sure until this weekend if he wanted to apply early-decision).
My brother's in the middle of the college-application frenzy right now. He decided to apply early to NYU, which makes me really happy (he was going to apply there anyway, he just wasn't sure until this weekend if he wanted to apply early-decision).
"There was this one time an alarm went off - it was in the middle of '24.' That's just wrong. Everyone knows everyone was watching '24' at that time."
--NYU student quoted in the Washington Square News about students ignoring the frequent fire alarms in dorms
#900
Posted: 9/18/06 at 11:24am
Mandi, where will you be in Canada?
Hi Jessica - your high school sounds very demanding. I think it must be useful to learn all those declensions in Latin, since most common languages other than English are still built around them too. We only retain them in our most basic words, what are known as the "irregular" verbs. (Of course they used to be the rule rather than the exception.) You can trace the forms of "to be" back to Sanscrit. The other survivals are mostly in the plurals of certain nouns, like "foot - feet" and "mouse - mice."
Good luck to your brother.
Hi Jessica - your high school sounds very demanding. I think it must be useful to learn all those declensions in Latin, since most common languages other than English are still built around them too. We only retain them in our most basic words, what are known as the "irregular" verbs. (Of course they used to be the rule rather than the exception.) You can trace the forms of "to be" back to Sanscrit. The other survivals are mostly in the plurals of certain nouns, like "foot - feet" and "mouse - mice."
Good luck to your brother.
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