10-2-10

Blog Entry 10-2-2010

                Howdy readers,

Another week has flown by here in Spain.  Nothing too exciting happened this week.  I had a lot of school work going on all week and was trying to catch up on my work hours.  As far as classes go, my grammar class and conversation class are coming to an end this coming week.  They will be done on October 8^th.  So we have been racing trying to finish all of our stuff.  We have some projects going on that are big parts of our grades.  We also have some tests coming up and all the other stuff that comes along with the ending of a class.  So this coming week is looking like it will also be pretty hectic.  I got back a grade report in my conversation class, and I have an A in there Thank God.  And we got our latest test back in our grammar class, and I was lucky enough to get an A so grade wise I should come out with A’s unless I really mess something up. 

                My internship class doesn’t end until December, and as I had said before I started my job kind of late so last week I tried to make up as many hours as I could.  I worked 3 or 4 hours every day last week.  May not sound like much but it was a lot of time and energy.  The job is really going pretty well I think.  I’m pretty much just feeding balls to students that are taking classes there.  I’m learning some good tennis terminology that will be nice to have and also some good drills.  The other people I work with are usually nice and seem to be glad that I’m there.  Some of the kids are starting to talk to me some and that is fun.  Most of the times the younger kids talk to me I have no idea what they are saying, but they seem to be enjoying saying whatever it is they are saying haha. 

                I feel like my Spanish made a nice move forward this week.  With going from class to tennis to homework all in Spanish last week I think helped.  Also, almost every day I watch a DVD or at least part of a DVD in Spanish before I go to sleep.  I also found two people that I’ll be able to do intercambios with.  For example, last night I met with a guy that wants to practice English, and we talked the first 30 minutes in Spanish and the next 30 minutes in English. 

                For our conversation class, our final project is a short video that we have to make where we speak Spanish.  I think ours is coming along slowly, but it should end up being pretty funny if it all comes together well. 

That’s all for now I think.  This coming weekend we are going to Lisbon, Portugal, and I’m super excited about it.  Elliott will be coming on that trip with us, and it should be a great trip.  Until later, wish me luck on my tests this week J 

Hasta Luego

José