Lessee...
Yesterday afternoon I went to the Russian version of the mall and got a little shopping done. Then I went home and tried to do homework.
And tried and tried... I got a rough draft of my essay done before I had to pass out, and then tried to wake up early (succeeding marginally) to copy it over this morning. My god.... They count up all your errors and deduct them from the total points available. You need at least 60% of the points to pass, but there are only forty points and I turned in a four hundred word essay. The teachers said that she was confident we would all pass, but frankly I'm very worried. It didnt' help that I turned it in and she said that I'd misspelled the third word in the title. (She let me fix it, and I know why I made the mistake, but still nervous making.)
Talked to mom and dad last night... boy, I'm starting to miss home. I'm just so tired of constant study. Even when I'm not actually doing homework, I'm studying russian- which is the point of this whole escapade, but I'm getting worn out.
We have one more day of classes, then finals day, and then we leave on our cruise.
As for our itinerary, I'll try and put it up tomorrow. I forgot my copy today.
Today we will be having the translation workshop promised to us yesterday; yesterday, we all piled into the lecture hall and.... started learning about stress patterns in the declension of nouns. They did a little switcharoo on us. Oh well, we get it today, so it's all the same.
....they're also planning on doing language lectures ON THE BOAT. All our teachers are like, "you get to relax soon! yay!" but we know that they'll be herding us into the mess hall to learn about spelling rules or stuff.
Everyone's nervous about the tests. I walked by some people smoking in the courtyard, and one of them was saying, "...I just keep thinking, someone's going to say- 'Hey! The State Department called! They say thanks for wasting our money, retard!'" Then everyone laughed, but slightly nervously.
Victor, I'm still trying to track down your music. Promise not to kill me if I can't find any?
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I fixed the link on my previous post, and here it is again. CLICK ME
Nurmi, you will have to recommend me a few good books.
Grandma, a soviet comedy was made under the Soviet censorship regime- you only laugh at the right things at the right times. A Russian comedy could be soviet, or could be made freely before or after (or outside of) the Soviet Union.
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There are about 40 'Russian' movies in the Clackamas County Library system. Some sound pretty interesting. Thanks for the explanation of "Russian" & "Soviet". Shouldn't be too hard to tell which is which, huh? :-)
I got up early to read your post today. I must admit, I'm hooked on blogs now! The pictures are wonderful - the URL wasn't that hard to fix, just an extra http in there....
Love you! And I'm sure you will do fine on the tests. You worry too much.
Gramma
Good morning Aubra.
I can imagine being worn out by all that study. Yes, it is what you are there for, but at some point a break would be nice. I hope they go a little easy on you on the cruise. It is a CRUISE for goodness sake!
I would guess you are able to learn more now than earlier in your stay. Your brain is all supple and buff and lubricated with lots of Russian brain oil. As tired of it as you are, do you find yourself absorbing it better?
Good luck on finals! You will do well.
I love you.
Dad
I loved your comment about finishing HP. I had to call someone when I was done so I can sympathize!! I am sure you will do better than you think on your tests. You will rise to the challenge - especially if you wave your wand a bit.
Your account of the connection between the photos of WWII and its reality in your everyday world there was chilling. No amount of study really prepares one for sort of tripping over that experience in the neighborhood park!
The photos are phabulous and I hope the cruise is calming!!
Noni
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