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Skriven 2014-04-18 13:58:38 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 12220 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 15 Apr 14  19:42:41 <=-

 NB>>> lots of choices of walking partners... I had one girlfriend that
 NB>>> we used to talk only in French, just for the fun (and exercise)
 NB>>> of it.  :)  She lived a block or so away, IIRC...  :)
 RH>> That would have been interesting.
 NB>> It certainly was a good way to get one thinking in the language, even
 NB>> if not quite as good as true immersion... we had enough vocabulary
 NB>> under our belts that we could do pretty well.. :)

 RH> And, a good understanding of the grammar at that point as well.

That, too...  :)  
 
 RH>> French had been discontinued in our high school by the time I started,
 RH>> just had a choice of Spanish or Latin. I went with the latter.
 NB>> My school in the Philly area offered Latin for 9th and 10th grade, and
 NB>> then French for 11th and 12th... So I'd had 2 years of Latin already,
 NB>> and took French II at my new school to finish the sequence... I
 NB>> actually managed to also accomplish French III in my same senior year,
 NB>> but that was because another senior and I decided to take the French
 NB>> Achievement test with our college boards, and tutored each other in
 NB>> the rest of the second year French... came back second semester and
 NB>> the teacher put us both into third year french...  ;)  Spanish was
 NB>> probably also offered at that latter school, but I don't think any
 NB>> other languages were offered at the school I started in...  :)

 RH> I suspect your schools were bigger than the one I went to--we had no
 RH> AP type classes, only a couple of teachers for each major subject and
 RH> one each for art, vocal music, instrumental music, each language, home
 RH> ec, shop, etc. 

Only the one I had my senior year at...  The school I came from was much
smaller than yours... It had one teacher for each major subject, who
took on other enrichment ones, only one teacher for all languages... and
the principal helped teach courses...  ;)  We had maybe 150 students
total for grades 7 - 12.

 RH> When we moved back to the States from Germany, Rachel
 RH> started her freshman year of high school a couple of months later. She
 RH> started with Latin, but only had one semester because of the move from
 RH> MA to AZ. She finished with German as Latin wasn't an option in AZ
 RH> until the year after she graduated. Then Deborah took 2 years of it.
 
Different school systems have different curricula... and public schools
often have different priorities than private ones.  :)

 RH> We're getting rain, with a freeze warning but the mountains got snow.
 RH> Ny sweaters are still within easy grabs, still have some soups and
 RH> stuff like that in the freezer. I pulled out a turkey soup yesterday to
 RH> use tomorrow--we probably won't get out of the 50s so it'll be a good
 RH> day for soup. It's washing all the pollen out of the air tho.

Rain isn't all a bad thing... (G)   Even with the colder snap, the
daffodils and tulips are growing quickly...  And the forget-me-nots in
my neighbor's yard are starting to bloom..  The maple trees are shedding
their leaf covers all over, and starting to leaf out... It looks like
winter is going to have to let go after all..  ;)

 RH>> And still in a holding pattern.
 NB>> We prayed for that in church yesterday... and for trust to wait on
 NB>> God's timing and peace in the situation...   :)

 RH> Thanks, its been a good test of patience. DMV has had the paperwork
 RH> about 4 weeks now so hopefully we'll hear from them soon.

Hopefully. 

 RH>> I got a few more groceries yesterday, riding with a friend from church.
 NB>> A good thing... to have friends...  :)   Part of the answer... :)

 RH> Yes, and we're getting to know them better, having to rely on them for
 RH> rides.

Yup.
 
 RH>> Steve just said something about walking over to the Grain Mill
 RH>> for more wheat; I suggested he wait until Tuesday & do it after
 RH>> chapel--he will be in the neighborhood then.
 NB>> That makes sense... if there isn't any rush on it, combining things is
 NB>> a good thing...  Of course, if he's itching for a good walk....  (G)

 RH> He walked over yesterday--and found they're closed Mondays so went
 RH> today. Got both hard & soft wheat plus oats--a rather heavy bag with
 RH> all 3 bags of stuff. But, now we're set for a bit longer.

He was itching for a good walk... and got two into the bargain.. :) 
And, yes, that'll keep you for a while on that...  :)

ttyl          neb

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