Monday, April 11, 2011
first time in class
ext day, I talked to the same lady at the liberty and I used my portunol ( Spanish and Portuguese). She thought I said I word in Portuguese she did not know but then I said that it was in Spanish. She was laughing. People here love Spanish and love it when I talk to them in Spanish but I get confused. Some students tell me they prefer to take Spanish or French than English. I found it interesting because I thought English will be popular language. Then I went to my first class which was literature. Sadly my class was cancel but I met with some students that are taking my course and asked me question and were really helpful. They asked me they love the literature and that literature in Portuguese is so wonderful. To bad I can take it since I have to be more fluent in Portuguese. After that, I went to a different class, the Portuguese class. I met a student from Iran and he is working on his PHD and he was learning Portuguese and knows English. He was talking to me in English and I try to tell him where I am from but I just could not speak in English. It was like I had a switch in my head and it was time for only Portuguese. I had admit I took longer to answer him in English. When this class ended, I went to find my economics class. I was trying to find it but I could not find it. I asked for help and someone took me to a different class which was of law. Then I asked someone else and took me to the right room but my class had change the room at the last our. I was not told that so I went in to the class since I was late. I was listening and the professor just look like my advisor, Dr. Pablo Toral. I was listening to him and he started writing formulas in the board and he was talking about Econometrics III. This course was for people who are in their doctorate. I was kind a lost what he was talking about. I remember him saying that All the student will be using what they have learned from all their classes. I thought if I leave the class, It would be rude so I stayed and the professor asked me a question, and point at me since I was in the front. I just agree with what he has just said and did not answer his question since I forgot to speak in Portuguese. Then I was trying to understand him but it was hard since he was speaking terms I did not know not even in Spanish. I really felt really lost and confuse that all I wanted to do is to get out of there. I started thinking that that’s how all my classes will be and I started to panic. Then when class was over, I asked him if I was in the right class because I did not thought I was in the right class. He answer that I was in the wrong class and send me to another room. I went to the room and the professor said, she teaches administration. I was I think I do not know where this class is. The professor took me to the information room and asked them to help me. A lady told me that she does not think I can take the course, and I was sort of not wanting to hear that. I was so confuse and did not want to go back to the class again. This is the class where I felt lost completely since all the material was advance, I only new one formula which made me somewhat happy. While I was in the class I felt embarrass of talking in Portuguese.
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