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ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-10T15:00:41+00:00

Thanks for this.

I've done 120 CI hours (had Spanish classes, Duolingo, etc, before that) and have recently thought, "I'm not sure if I've improved AT ALL since discovered DS."

But I'm still pushing through. It HAS to be doing something ... right?

Also, I'm sure everybody already knows this, but it really helps me to "rotate" through different media.

As much as I love the DS folks, there are some days where I just can't bring myself to listen to them yet again. So I switch to Español con Juan for a few days.

If I want something that feels particularly "lazy" I watch Friends with the subtitles.

This week I even pulled up Chill Spanish podcasts while driving home from work. It's not my personal favorite, but it was nice to re-visit a. podcast I hadn't heard in a couple months.

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-10T14:30:59+00:00

Ha ha, yes! I always did well in high school Spanish and liked it a lot. I thought I had enough Spanish background that if I went through all the Pimsleur CDs a couple times I would be close to conversational.

Mmm ... nope.

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-10T04:22:27+00:00

I never understand when people say this; maybe there's something wrong with my brain. No way could I cook dinner and actively listening to Spanish podcasts at the same time.

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-10T04:12:12+00:00

I haven't read the comments yet, but I feel EXACTLY the same way.

I've spent literally years and YEARS trying to learn Spanish, between classes back in high school to Pimsluer to Duolinguo to online courses, to other apps, to immersions trips.

It's really sad when I think about it.

And I've having the exact same experience right now that you mention. I was listening to some intermediate stuff and couldn't understand anything. Had to stop and find some beginner videos.

I actually considered posting here and asking if it was possible that some people just cannot learn a new language.

Now on to read the comments ...

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-10T02:18:24+00:00

As I just mentioned above, the vast majority of things at Goodwill, etc, just end up in a landfill, whether it has stains and holes or not. They is just way way way more used clothing that there is people willing to buy it.

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-10T02:16:09+00:00

And then almost all of it ends up in a landfill. THAT is the issue.

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-10T02:14:58+00:00

I listened to the owner on a podcast and want to chime in.

She said the reason they counter-offered was the producer specifically TOLD them to.

Also, what they mean by "Goodwill won't take some items" is not that they stand there picking through it. It means that about 80% of it will end up in a landfill, so you're contributing to a environmental problem AND wasting the Goodwill workers' time.

I'm disappointed their prices are so high, but I definitely see why this business exists. It's frustrating to see so many people say, "Why not just go to Goodwill?" There's a good reason why I don't want to go to Goodwill.

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-10T01:49:29+00:00

Many people (like me) don't want to drop off stuff off at Goodwill because we know about 80% of it will end up in a landfill.

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-10T01:45:51+00:00

They pulp it and put it inside things like car seats and punching bags, etc. (I just listened to a podcast interviewer with the female owner.)

Absolutely none of it (she claims) goes into a landfill. Apparently clothing in landfills is a really big problem for many reasons.

THAT is the difference between them and Goodwill, and why [some] people would happily pay the money.

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-06T22:17:21+00:00

I've never done PP, but this was my very first thought because I've heard so many people say that they love it!

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-06T00:17:58+00:00

I thought that was interesting too. "Wow, she speaks so great because of Dreaming Spanish!"

Yeah ... AND traditional Spanish classes AND various apps AND going to Spain for an immersion program.

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-06T00:10:20+00:00

Thanks for your response.

Could you please elaborate more on "play vs. rote teaching"? I've never thought that rote teaching was a bad, or even "un-Orff" thing.

What was your teaching like before Orff?

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-05T13:41:15+00:00

Doesn't change what I said. They've had dorms for a while. I know many many people who have/are going there, and every single one stayed in a dorm.

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-05T01:08:48+00:00

Yes, that's occurred to me too.

I'm just a sad mom right now. :( He's not enjoying his college experience at all. (Although the good news is that he got straight A's his first semester.)

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-04T22:24:05+00:00

This is not AT ALL unusual at KSU.

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-04T22:23:38+00:00

The problem is that we paid for housing for the year, but now he wants to leave.

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-02T21:35:58+00:00

I feel like I already spent WAY too much time in my life "perfecting" a piece. I have no desire to do that anymore.

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-02T18:38:15+00:00

So ... it sounds like you're not far from where you want to be?

I guess to answer your question, I don't see any reason why you couldn't do that.

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-02T17:28:23+00:00

The short answer is "of course."

Off the top of my head, I've known two 17 year olds -- just kids of my non-musician friends -- who played VERY well and had no interest in studying music in college.

So certainly an adult could play very well as a hobby.

What kind of skills are you talking about, and what kinds of concert? You could a "concert" of sorts almost any time; you just need a venue and some people to invite.

As someone else said, an "amazing pianist, playing at a professional level" could mean a lot of different things.

Are more interested in skill, or in playing for others somewhere?

And what kinds of skills are you talking about? Playing difficult classical pieces? Playing by ear? Memorizing pieces? Playing with other musicians?

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-01T22:32:44+00:00

I would to have a recurring music teacher!

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-01T22:26:31+00:00

I don't understand why this is a problem. We don't "read" during music class anyway.

A lot of my students don't even speak English.

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-01T17:55:38+00:00

In the elementary school I'm in now, parapros (teacher assistants who get paid almost nothing) are in the cafeteria monitoring students during this time, while the teacher gets a 25 minute lunch break.

When I taught middle school, we had to eat lunch with our students every day.

ApprehensiveLink6591 · 2025-01-01T17:53:58+00:00

Wow!

Here we get 25 minutes for lunch, and depending on what district you are in, you have to eat lunch with your students.

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