Perhaps I could tell you about my decision of studying at UNAM, the decision I took to become a lawyer, and the reason why I opted for Open University here at C.U.
Maybe, we can chat about why I was so needed for human contact since I wasn't used to hang out with people older than me, or why my friends weren't available for their majors.
I promise we could have a nice time if we spent the hole day talking about the moments and learnings I got from here.
But that's a story for another time.
So let's begin from the start.
I wasn't sure I wanted to learn more about languages. Since I was a litle boy, my biggest dream was to become a writer. In those days, I sat in the libraries trying to write something about "the cowboy pambazo" (my first character), or the detective simon. Days passed as I dreamed with making something memorable for humanity in literature.
As I grown up, I decided I want to become a profesional in writing, but I wasn't sure how I was going to acomplish that goal. Besides, My parents always wanted me to become a lawyer, just like they were. In my last year of highschool, I decided I was going to play both sides and I apply for a place in tha UNAM's law faculty, but I was going to study in the open system, were I was only forced to present my finals exams and not to take classes during the week. I found myself in a situation were I could write the whole week and yet present my law major on the weekends.
I thought that as brilliant idea.
But then, as the days in my first semester went by, I realized I denied some part of me as well.
I found myself alone;my friends started their major and have no time for the old stuff, my parents were busy with work, and I had a terrible time with my exgirlfriend as well. Finishing my first semester, I was begging for some human contact with people of my age.
So, before I run out of time, I applied for an english course here at CELE with the only purpose to get some "week-classes".
And that's how I got here.
The reason why I'm still here it's not as complicated as the other one; Once I went through the bad old days, I lerned something very interesting in the way. I learned to love what I had, and stop caring for things I didn't have. I learned to write for myself, and not for fame or money. I learned to love languages, just the way I learned to love law.And I stayed in CELE not only because of what it meant to me in the past, but what it means to me right now, as a place where I can learn to communicate with others, and still have something of the old me inside.
So, as a conclussion, it is hard for me to tell you how important CELE is. I could have said how important are languages for your career or your personal life. We all have a story to tell, and I really hope you had a nice time reading mine.
au revoir mon amie, á la prochaine.
So let's begin from the start.
I wasn't sure I wanted to learn more about languages. Since I was a litle boy, my biggest dream was to become a writer. In those days, I sat in the libraries trying to write something about "the cowboy pambazo" (my first character), or the detective simon. Days passed as I dreamed with making something memorable for humanity in literature.
As I grown up, I decided I want to become a profesional in writing, but I wasn't sure how I was going to acomplish that goal. Besides, My parents always wanted me to become a lawyer, just like they were. In my last year of highschool, I decided I was going to play both sides and I apply for a place in tha UNAM's law faculty, but I was going to study in the open system, were I was only forced to present my finals exams and not to take classes during the week. I found myself in a situation were I could write the whole week and yet present my law major on the weekends.
I thought that as brilliant idea.
But then, as the days in my first semester went by, I realized I denied some part of me as well.
I found myself alone;my friends started their major and have no time for the old stuff, my parents were busy with work, and I had a terrible time with my exgirlfriend as well. Finishing my first semester, I was begging for some human contact with people of my age.
So, before I run out of time, I applied for an english course here at CELE with the only purpose to get some "week-classes".
And that's how I got here.
The reason why I'm still here it's not as complicated as the other one; Once I went through the bad old days, I lerned something very interesting in the way. I learned to love what I had, and stop caring for things I didn't have. I learned to write for myself, and not for fame or money. I learned to love languages, just the way I learned to love law.And I stayed in CELE not only because of what it meant to me in the past, but what it means to me right now, as a place where I can learn to communicate with others, and still have something of the old me inside.
So, as a conclussion, it is hard for me to tell you how important CELE is. I could have said how important are languages for your career or your personal life. We all have a story to tell, and I really hope you had a nice time reading mine.
au revoir mon amie, á la prochaine.
Thank you for answering the question the way you did. Yes, we all know (or have been told numerous times) that learning a foreign language will be instrumental at some point, but how's that really relevant to each and everyone of us?
ResponderEliminarAs a teacher, I have moved from trying to convince students that learning any foreign language will change my students' lives to just settling for making every class relevant. Like my AA friends would put it: just for today - Just for this class.