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zztzed · 07-22-2003, 03:07 PM

Some of you may remember a post of mine from the old (v3) boards where I asked for advice on whether I should apply to college on my own or go back to my old high school and beg for a guidance counselor's help.

Well, I ended up doing it all myself. Surprisingly, it was a much less terrifying process than I'd expected -- just really, really tedious. I should be starting school next month.

However, I'm presented with a slight dilemma.

I took four years of German in high school, and I'd been planning to continue that in college. Unfortunately, the college I'm going to is only offering 101-level German courses in the fall semester. Based on their criteria, though, I qualify for 121, having taken German within the past two years and passed with a C or greater (and on top of that I've been told by native speakers that my German is 'almost perfect', and that I speak it like a native). If the past is any indication, though, they will offer German 121 in the spring.

I'm not really sure what I should do. I don't want to take German 101 because I know I'll be bored out of my skull, but a friend of mine (who took three years of German) tells me I should anyway, since I've been out of high school for a year and it'll be easy. I don't need a refresher in German, though, because I still speak/read/write it on a regular basis, so I'm maintaining my skills... so I assume he's telling me this because he thinks that I should take an easy course to get back in the swing of things.

However, I've been entertaining the notion of taking another language. The choices available to me aside from German are Spanish, French, Italian, and Latin. This is something I'd really like to do, since it'd be nice to visit Europe and be able to speak the language in at least some places (and Latin would be cool for sheer geek value).

What would you guys recommend I do? Take German 101 despite my considerable overqualification, start another language (and also continue German when a 121 course becomes available), or do neither and just wait till a German 121 course is available?

07-22-2003, 03:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
zztzed Tilted Location: Here and there	Educational quandary Some of you may remember a post of mine from the old (v3) boards where I asked for advice on whether I should apply to college on my own or go back to my old high school and beg for a guidance counselor's help. Well, I ended up doing it all myself. Surprisingly, it was a much less terrifying process than I'd expected -- just really, really tedious. I should be starting school next month. However, I'm presented with a slight dilemma. I took four years of German in high school, and I'd been planning to continue that in college. Unfortunately, the college I'm going to is only offering 101-level German courses in the fall semester. Based on their criteria, though, I qualify for 121, having taken German within the past two years and passed with a C or greater (and on top of that I've been told by native speakers that my German is 'almost perfect', and that I speak it like a native). If the past is any indication, though, they will offer German 121 in the spring. I'm not really sure what I should do. I don't want to take German 101 because I know I'll be bored out of my skull, but a friend of mine (who took three years of German) tells me I should anyway, since I've been out of high school for a year and it'll be easy. I don't need a refresher in German, though, because I still speak/read/write it on a regular basis, so I'm maintaining my skills... so I assume he's telling me this because he thinks that I should take an easy course to get back in the swing of things. However, I've been entertaining the notion of taking another language. The choices available to me aside from German are Spanish, French, Italian, and Latin. This is something I'd really like to do, since it'd be nice to visit Europe and be able to speak the language in at least some places (and Latin would be cool for sheer geek value). What would you guys recommend I do? Take German 101 despite my considerable overqualification, start another language (and also continue German when a 121 course becomes available), or do neither and just wait till a German 121 course is available? __________________ "It seemed to me that if humanoids eat chicken, then obviously they'd eat their own species, otherwise they'd just be picking on the chickens."