You know a Foreign Service officer is in language training when...
* She carries flash cards with her wherever she goes.
* She gets a rush buying colored index cards and Sharpie pens.
* She appears to be mumbling to herself all the time.
* There are sticky notes with foreign words plastered over everything in her apartment.
* She often stares into space with a glassy-eyed expression while silently conjugating verbs or declining nouns and adjectives in her head.
* She often swears like a sailor when she fails to successfully conjugate verbs or decline nouns and adjectives in her head.
* As her proficiency in the foreign language improves, her proficiency in English... goes badder.
* She goes to bed at 9:00 pm in order to get to class on time at 7:40 am.
and you know the dreaded language test is approaching when...
* She seriously considers replacing her morning tea with a strong screwdriver.
* She spends an unusual amount of time developing sophisticated ideas about counterterrorism, entrepreneurship, and trade agreements.
Best of luck to all those in language training!
* She carries flash cards with her wherever she goes.
* She gets a rush buying colored index cards and Sharpie pens.
* She appears to be mumbling to herself all the time.
* There are sticky notes with foreign words plastered over everything in her apartment.
* She often stares into space with a glassy-eyed expression while silently conjugating verbs or declining nouns and adjectives in her head.
* She often swears like a sailor when she fails to successfully conjugate verbs or decline nouns and adjectives in her head.
* As her proficiency in the foreign language improves, her proficiency in English... goes badder.
* She goes to bed at 9:00 pm in order to get to class on time at 7:40 am.
and you know the dreaded language test is approaching when...
* She seriously considers replacing her morning tea with a strong screwdriver.
* She spends an unusual amount of time developing sophisticated ideas about counterterrorism, entrepreneurship, and trade agreements.
Best of luck to all those in language training!
