Well, in fairness, I did minor in Spanish in college.
And she doesn't seem terribly compatible with the violin. Or, more to the point, group violin lessons seem to fill her with a hideous panic, so we've dropped them. She does okay with private lessons.
Yeah, I grew up wishing I were better at math, knew an instrument, and spoke two languages, and have been trying to inflict all these things on my children. Chances are good they will never forgive me.
p.s. Have you tried just watching Univision? That and the BBC Spanish podcasts help keep me current.
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Date: 2009-05-23 03:54 am (UTC)And she doesn't seem terribly compatible with the violin. Or, more to the point, group violin lessons seem to fill her with a hideous panic, so we've dropped them. She does okay with private lessons.
Yeah, I grew up wishing I were better at math, knew an instrument, and spoke two languages, and have been trying to inflict all these things on my children. Chances are good they will never forgive me.
p.s. Have you tried just watching Univision? That and the BBC Spanish podcasts help keep me current.