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Learning new things is fun, but if this is the fast beginners' Finnish I shudder to think what the slow one is like. We typically spend about half again as long practicing each new thingy as I feel we should before introducing the next new concept. I regularly want to beat my head repeatedly on the desk until it drowns out the sounds of maddeningly persistent incomprehension.
I've tried knitting in class a bit, but I don't want to overdo it because I know it can seem rude to, you know, make evident that I'm as bored as I actually am. And I don't want to hurt the teacher's feelings. She's very good as well as very sweet and I think she's actually doing a pretty good job considering how slow the slow people in our class are.
It sort of reminds me of actually being in elementary school, except if I'd tried to not act bored then I'd have driven myself crazy, so I just read an average 1 novel per day instead. (Actually, I couldn't get away with reading the whole time, on reflection, so that must mean I am getting more new information than I did in elementary school. At least that's something.)
But on the plus side, I am making steady progress towards friendly acquaintanceship with various classmates. Not A++ progress or anything, and not much progress compared to how my less introverted classmates are doing, but I don't think I've given anyone the impression that I'm a compulsive hermit. I'm not even the shyest person there.
I've tried knitting in class a bit, but I don't want to overdo it because I know it can seem rude to, you know, make evident that I'm as bored as I actually am. And I don't want to hurt the teacher's feelings. She's very good as well as very sweet and I think she's actually doing a pretty good job considering how slow the slow people in our class are.
It sort of reminds me of actually being in elementary school, except if I'd tried to not act bored then I'd have driven myself crazy, so I just read an average 1 novel per day instead. (Actually, I couldn't get away with reading the whole time, on reflection, so that must mean I am getting more new information than I did in elementary school. At least that's something.)
But on the plus side, I am making steady progress towards friendly acquaintanceship with various classmates. Not A++ progress or anything, and not much progress compared to how my less introverted classmates are doing, but I don't think I've given anyone the impression that I'm a compulsive hermit. I'm not even the shyest person there.
