Like most Friday’s, I was pretty exhausted getting up today but we made it happen and went to our culture class. The group that presented today actually did a really good job and I really appreciated their presentation and learned a lot! Following their presentation we had a bit more free time to ourselves. One of the professors, knowing I was a philosophy major, gave me a copy of the book called The Alchemist. The whole thing was in Spanish but I started reading it with the extra time I had today. To my surprise I could definitely understand a lot of the book, although there were certainly parts I didn't understand as well. This really made me feel good about my reading ability in Spanish. Although as soon as class started my confidence seemed to back down again because of how my oral exam went. For some reason I was making a lot of really basic errors in my speaking and I think the compounding of these errors made me frustrated and no longer calm while speaking. I’ve come to realize that when I am calm, my Spanish seems to flow a lot better and I make fewer mistakes or I am at least able to catch my mistakes. I certainly did not let this bother me and after the break we ended up going to a local art gallery instead of staying cooped up in the classroom. It was a great break, especially towards the end of such a demanding week. Finally, we came back to the classroom and played bananagrams yet again. While I did not win, I got closer this time! We then headed back home where I was so tired that I fell asleep as soon as I hit the bed!
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