This is my second trimester of Latin and so far it is easier. We received this big packet of translations. The different about this translation and the others are that they are separated into tiny paragraphs. Instead of huge sentences that equal one paragraph of these with complex words, and that takes a week to finish just the front side of the paper which is two side. We are also doing one of my other favorite things which is bioscientific words or better known as medical terminology. I love this part because I can retain this known better and in college I have to take a medical terminology class, so this will help a lot. I like medical terminology so much that I did classes during the summer with my grandpa. The other day however we got a plan of the next couple of weeks, and we have to take a test of those translations soon. The other thing that makes these easier is that it is mythology. This helps a lot because if you know so from your English class you can figure out what is going on so you do not have to spend that much time trying to figure out the meaning of the paragraph. The only bad thing is that a lot of the words are some that I have not seen before. Other than that this class is going better; other than the having a hard time focusing because Latin I is so loud. I hope this class finishes out well.
I think that would be really cool/interesting to take Latin. I know that the high school I went to offered Latin, but when when I got there they ended up taking Latin away. I'm not really too sure why, so I decided to take German instead. Ha! I really didn't like it too much because I figured I was probably never going to use that language out in the world somewhere and it was really too easy of a class. I almost dreaded going to that class everyday it was kind of pointless to me. But, I didn't wanna take Spanish or French because I knew that EVERYONE would take those and wanted to do something a little different. Now thinking back I wish I would have taken a language I might actually use! I also think it would be neat to take medical terminology as well. It sounds like a hard class just from the name of it ha! I don't have to take that class but it would be interesting to know some of the medical terms and know what they mean and all of that stuff. It sounds like you have a lot going on! Hopefully you do well in your classes, I'm sure you will! I wouldn't worry too much on the classes you are doing good in and just focus on the ones that are a little tougher. That's what I normally do! Best luck to you and your classes as you finish the semester! :)
ReplyDeleteFirst off, what the heck is a trimester? Haha. Also, I had no idea they even offered classes like Latin here. My sophomore year of high school I took a Spanish class; I was really nervous about it because my sister did not do very well in it. Turns out that I was doing very well throughout the whole year and maintained an "A" in there. Come time about April or so, there was a "situation" with my Spanish teacher and she was forced to "resign" because of undisclosed reasons. Our other foreign language teacher, which is a bimbo, took over teaching our class as well as the other classes and she was kind of a ditz. I started to get lazy in that class and barely finished the year off with an "A". Although I was good at it, I hated foreign language because it was extremely boring and not worth my time. I decided to not take anymore and that is where I am today. Latin sounds very confusing and by reading this I have the image that all you have to do is translations and take quizzes over them? Good thing I am not in this class because I would just Google Translate all of the translations and quite possibly fail the class; I am not very good with teaching myself new stuff. I am also curious about how medical terminology relates to Latin.... or am I just interpreting this wrong? Anyways, sounds like you have a great time in this class/classes. Wish I was able to have the motivation in my classes like this. I am starting to slow down and get more lazy with my assignments and work; can't wait until the year is over with!
ReplyDeleteTrimsters are the new thing my high school has decide to do instead of having 2 sememsters of 8 40 some minute 8classes, we have 3 "semesters" of 5 70 some minute classes. This way we can have more classes, and we also save money. Since we built a new school we had to make budget cuts. It also offers younger students to get ahead and graduate early. To me it is confusing and pointless since I am a senior. Most medical terms come from Latin and Greek words, and when my grandpa retired form the school he taught at he subed at my high school, and gave my teacher the latin ones. He did this because most students takes this class because it will help them if they want to be something in the medical field. I can say that I can tell it does because when I go to the doctors I can not help to notice that i slightly understand what they are saying. The will get rid of this class soon though because some people do not want to take this class becasue they feel there is no need. ha but I like it.
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