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Post by wenonah4th on Jan 23, 2008 13:52:27 GMT -5
Stacey was in the advanced French because she'd been learning it all along in her NYC private school.
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Post by ringdings on Jan 23, 2008 14:59:44 GMT -5
Jessi said she was good at languages. I think at one time she mentioned taking French.
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Post by candykane on Jan 23, 2008 17:18:31 GMT -5
Yeah, in Stacey's Emergency she mentions having been in French since kindergarten when she's trying to catch up on homework on the train ride to NYC.
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Post by wenonah4th on Jan 23, 2008 17:20:38 GMT -5
^In my elementary school, we had a Spanish program for a few years, and I was jealous of a friend who went to a Friends' School where they had French. Ironically, Spanish is one language I have not studied later in life, and have no desire to study, although I was good in it in grade school.
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Post by aln1982 on Jan 23, 2008 17:38:43 GMT -5
^ I had Spanish in elementary a few times, too. I also had French in kindergarten at a different school. That was fun but I don't remember a word of it now. ;D As for school subjects, other than the obvious Stacey is good at Math, Mal good at Writing, I seem to see a lot of inconsistencies. It did always bother me how none of them seemed to especially like or be good at social studies (except one book mentioned Kristy was pretty good in it) since that was always my favorite subject.
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Post by candykane on Jan 23, 2008 17:44:32 GMT -5
I find it unrealistic that Jessi would have been practically bilingual after taking a weeklong trip to Mexico. I also vaguely remember it being mentioned that she takes French at school. That combined with the French terminology in her ballet classes must make her practically fluent in French as well
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Post by aln1982 on Jan 23, 2008 20:41:43 GMT -5
^ That would be unrealistic. I always thought she went to Mexico and was practically bilingual, not that the trip taught her. That's probably just the way I wanted to read it, though. ;D
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Post by greer on Jan 23, 2008 20:49:07 GMT -5
she said in the book that she went to mexico for a week and in this week became practically bilingual. if she already knew french, though, i wouldn't be surprised if she were able to pick up a fair amount of spanish--but a week seems, uh, a bit short.
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Post by aln1982 on Jan 23, 2008 20:53:43 GMT -5
^ Definitely. I think the unrealisticness is why I just read it differently. I know I'm wrong and that's totally not what it says but it makes more sense my way. ;D
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Post by wanderingfrog on Jan 23, 2008 22:19:07 GMT -5
she said in the book that she went to mexico for a week and in this week became practically bilingual. if she already knew french, though, i wouldn't be surprised if she were able to pick up a fair amount of spanish--but a week seems, uh, a bit short. My brother knows French, but he went to Mexico for a week when he was sixteen, and the only thing her learned how to say was, Una cerveza, por favor. ;D
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Post by booboobrewer on Jan 24, 2008 0:46:03 GMT -5
^hehe.
I took Spanish in high school and college and my conversational abilities are still not very good, sadly. I can write it pretty well, though.
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Post by Lauren on Jan 24, 2008 1:52:54 GMT -5
I took Spanish in kindergarten and high school and minored in it in college, and I still can't speak it very well. It might help if I would actually practice it. ;D
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Post by wenonah4th on Jan 24, 2008 12:02:27 GMT -5
My German is the same way. I study it a lot, even now, but I can read and write far better than converse.
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Post by greer on Jan 24, 2008 13:27:36 GMT -5
Yeah, conversation is definitely the hardest thing for me as well.
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