As I mentioned before my Danish class has started. I was a little excited about it when it first started and a little annoyed that it took me so long to get there and home. The first day I left at 6 (it starts at 7) and got there 20 minutes early and then had to sit around waiting for the class to start. The class ends around 9:30 and I couldn't catch a bus until 10:06. I don't get home after that until close to 10:30. Talk about frustration, this class was taking up 4.5 hours of my night - twice a week. I thought it was bad enough that I couldn't go to the exchange at the table (Thursday night dinners) but to take up so much time?
And for what? We were covering things I'd already covered in the 3.5 week course I took when I got here. If this is all we're going to do I might as well have learned everything they had to teach me in Denmark Today and stopped there. It was a little better because we focused less on writing and more on pronunciation but still... I can say my name is Jennifer and I have a brother named Peter. Okay, so I don't but I can say it.
This week however I discovered a secret. Well, after missing one class because of a bus incident that involves spending over an hour on the bus and then getting locked out.. we probably shouldn't get into that. Anyway, I found out that I can take the 6:30 bus, walk down the hill and be there just about when class is starting. I also learned that if I sneak out a few minutes early I can catch the 9:36 bus and be home by 10. That's much better if you ask me.
[and as of March 26th we've started covering things I didn't know andI'm finding the class not only useful but enjoyable. Now if only the time were different.. I mean, who wants to go out that late at night? Me? I just want to put on my pjs and watch tv. Good thing I don't have one, I have Danish instead.]