Tag Archives: perseverance

(Less than) Two Months Left

As of two days ago, I have two months remaining in Bosnia. I leave Sarajevo early on June 10th, and then fly into good ole Minneapolis-St. Paul International on the evening of the 11th. Somewhere in there we have a return orientation in DC and a presentation to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs […]

That Far-Fetched Goal of Comprehension

Trying to learn, day after day, a very new and different language fills me with a strange desire to become fluent in German.  It makes me realize that time is a necessity for learning, that it is impossible to cram two hundred new words into my brain every day and be able to pull them […]