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 […]