Spanish Progress--Or Not

Miercoles--"Wednesday" en el espanol--Fio loves the sound of it.

And, Fiorella, how is the rest of your Spanish going, you ask? Well, lentamente (slowly), to tell the truth, although Fio has a good grip on about ten present-tense verbos now. Her vocabulary of nouns has grown too, partially because she's a faithful fan of telenovelas. (Sp speakers--does carnal, as used by John and Oscar in La Piloto, mean "sexy?")

La problema is that she has a limited number of people to practice on. Her twice-a-month maid and one-a-month yardman are happy to help, but they (and a couple of cooperative fast-food people) aren't enough. The etiquetas stuck on the muebles and listas taped on the paredes aren't enough. Fio needs to find a class.

Self-evaluation

Fiorella taught her last two-hour romance-writing class at the public library last night--and she came home high as a kite.  It's a wonder she even needed a vehicle.  There's a joy--and a challenge--to teaching, to communicating something you are passionate about to people who listen to you, who want to learn and understand.  And there's also joy to learning that you know more about your subject than you realized.

Yep, six years in RWA, and Fio's picked up a thing or two.  And she's learning more every day.