Friday, February 02, 2007
Parsing verbs and copying articles at the library are the two activities that have been consuming my life for the past couple of weeks. This weekend I need to concentrate more on reading for Der Grair Bär so that I am prepared to discuss a thesis topic at our meeting this Thursday. Between reading I need to prepare Latin and Greek translations, work unholy hours, and consult someone at the financial aid office about applying as an independent student again for the coming academic year.
I resent having to "work" to read. If I could look at The Iliad auf Griechisch and immediately recognize everything, I would appreciate it ever so much more than I do at this stage of looking up every word first, which consumes nearly all my time and patience. Dr. Lavigne mocked me at the coffee shop the other night: 'Read, read like the wind!' That's easy for Mr. Stanford Smarty-Pants to say.
I barely speak English.
[Lauree Frances Keith concluded this diatribe at 2:40 PM]