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[Phatguysrule]

This was me in Spanish class sophomore year!

 

[Chris Craig]

I took two years of Spanish in HS where my Oline coach was the teacher. I earned much more of my B in both classes on the field than I did in the classroom. Now I'm living on the US/Mexico border and regretting not learning more! I can read it just fine and can understand most of what is being said in conversation but can't speak it well to save my life. I will say that the people here speak a mixture of both, using whatever word in either Spanish or English is easier and that throws me off quite a bit.

My coach was my math teacher in high school

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

I did great in Spanish my first two years of HS. My junior year we got a teacher from Argentina who (for some strange reason) couldn’t understand why we weren’t fluent after two years of basic Spanish. My grades were in the toilet by mid year, so my counselor urged me to drop it. “Unfortunately”, the only class available was a typing class. I say “unfortunately” because way back in the day, typing classes were literally all female. Best half year off my young life…….

 

[Lanny]

We are all special snowflakes, every one. I apologize for introducing this tyrannical, albeit voluntary, quiz. I now see that it's exactly the same as Nazis forcing Jews to wear a yellow star.

barfo

You are like Hitler and Stalin combined come back to life.

 

[riverman]

This is Adam Schiff's challenged twin brother?

 

[Lanny]

But more isn't necessarily better because then it's too hard to get people to sit still for the quiz.

barfo

Please repeat, I was shifting from one buttock to the other when you said that.

 

[tlongII]

I did great in Spanish my first two years of HS. My junior year we got a teacher from Argentina who (for some strange reason) couldn’t understand why we weren’t fluent after two years of basic Spanish. My grades were in the toilet by mid year, so my counselor urged me to drop it. “Unfortunately”, the only class available was a typing class. I say “unfortunately” because way back in the day, typing classes were literally all female. Best half year off my young life…….

I took typing in HS. Probably as impactful a HS school class as any I’ve taken.

 

[barfo]

I took typing in HS. Probably as impactful a HS school class as any I’ve taken.

Likewise. Our class was split between college prep and future secretaries, I imagine it worked out well for both groups. I certainly can't think of another class that taught me skills I use daily.

Well, maybe sex ed.

barfo

 

[bigbailes]

I did great in Spanish my first two years of HS. My junior year we got a teacher from Argentina who (for some strange reason) couldn’t understand why we weren’t fluent after two years of basic Spanish. My grades were in the toilet by mid year, so my counselor urged me to drop it. “Unfortunately”, the only class available was a typing class. I say “unfortunately” because way back in the day, typing classes were literally all female. Best half year off my young life…….

Against my wishes, my mom practically forced a typing class on me in Junior High, I hated the idea of it but man that class was awesome and one of the most useful for the rest of my life. Aside from being one of only 3 boys in the class, nothing like a class full of girls, we also found that the computers had an early version of Wolfenstein on them and the teacher would let us do whatever we wanted after we wanted after getting done with our assignments. Looking back on it I probably should have spent a little more time talking to the girls but killing Nazis was really fun!

 

[Lanny]

Likewise. Our class was split between college prep and future secretaries, I imagine it worked out well for both groups. I certainly can't think of another class that taught me skills I use daily.

Well, maybe sex ed.

barfo

Daily?
I once took a sex ed class in my 70s. The teacher asked the class how often do you have sex. I waved my hand very excitedly. The teacher selected me to answer and I answered once a year. She then said why are you so excited if it's only once a year. I yelled out excitedly "TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT, TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT!"

 

[theprunetang]

 

[riverman]

Mine came out Progressive Left but there were several questions that didn't have an option for my actual opinion like being a military juggernaut or sharing that status....other than that I guess that's what they'd call me.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Likewise. Our class was split between college prep and future secretaries, I imagine it worked out well for both groups. I certainly can't think of another class that taught me skills I use daily.

Well, maybe sex ed.

barfo

You must have went to a progressive HS if they taught you masturbation….

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Against my wishes, my mom practically forced a typing class on me in Junior High, I hated the idea of it but man that class was awesome and one of the most useful for the rest of my life. Aside from being one of only 3 boys in the class, nothing like a class full of girls, we also found that the computers had an early version of Wolfenstein on them and the teacher would let us do whatever we wanted after we wanted after getting done with our assignments. Looking back on it I probably should have spent a little more time talking to the girls but killing Nazis was really fun!

“Real guys” didn’t take typing in 1970. We didn’t think we’d ever need it. And we had pretty much never heard of computers back then Other than the UNIVAC.

 

[riverman]

“Real guys” didn’t take typing in 1970. We didn’t think we’d ever need it. And we had pretty much never heard of computers back then Other than the UNIVAC.

I learned typing at NTC in San Diego at radioman school...the teletype on the Blue Ridge I used could talk to other radioman all over the Pacific...it was like primitive internet..just ticker tape and really clunky keys...I could type pretty fast when I graduated...the hard part was doing it in codes that changed all the time. One of my roommates in San Diego was stationed in Adak Alaska and we talked all the time with teletypes ...remember the burn bag room on the Blue Ridge?

 

[calvin natt]

 

[calvin natt]

Staunchly conservative and overwhelmingly Republican, Committed Conservatives hold pro-business views traditionally associated with the Republican Party, have favorable attitudes about international trade and favor a limited role of government. Their approach to international relations centers on engaging with U.S. allies and maintaining American military might.

Committed Conservatives tend to hold more moderate positions on immigration than the two other deeply conservative groups in the Republican coalition – Faith and Flag Conservatives and Populist Right. They also are slightly more moderate than these groups on some issues related to racial and ethnic equality but still more conservative than the Democratic-oriented groups.

While nearly all voted for Donald Trump for president in 2020, and most hold positive views of him today, Committed Conservatives are less likely than Populist Right and Faith and Flag Conservatives to favor a major role for Trump in their party’s future. They are also less likely to say that they like elected officials who publicly take the (unsubstantiated) position that Trump is the “legitimate winner” of the 2020 election. And of the three largely conservative groups in the political typology, Committed Conservatives are the only one in which a significantly larger share names Ronald Reagan than Trump as the best president of the past 40 years (49% name Reagan, 35% Trump).

Gross

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

I learned typing at NTC in San Diego at radioman school...the teletype on the Blue Ridge I used could talk to other radioman all over the Pacific...it was like primitive internet..just ticker tape and really clunky keys...I could type pretty fast when I graduated...the hard part was doing it in codes that changed all the time. One of my roommates in San Diego was stationed in Adak Alaska and we talked all the time with teletypes ...remember the burn bag room on the Blue Ridge?

I only saw the burn bag room when I took a tour early on for damage control “awareness” (for lack of a better term). I figured since we were a top priority target, whoever had burn bag duty would have to swim for the burn bag room (assuming we were still afloat). They didn’t let us into those spaces without a good reason….and an escort.

 

[riverman]

I only saw the burn bag room when I took a tour early on for damage control “awareness” (for lack of a better term). I figured since we were a top priority target, whoever had burn bag duty would have to swim for the burn bag room (assuming we were still afloat). They didn’t let us into those spaces without a good reason….and an escort.

It was where we went to smoke hash on burn bag duty...everybody wanted burn bag duty...

 

[Hoopguru]

My daughter used to speak both languages interchangeably when she was that age. She would mix in a couple of Vietnamese words when speaking in English and mix in English when speaking in Vietnamese. It's perfectly normal.

Im very impressed with the Vietnamese manners & respect that are taught a such an early age.

 

[Phatguysrule]

I see that everyone took Spanish in HS. I had to take it in Jr. HS, only one year after I came to America and could hardly string a sentence of English together. I would've been better off taking French as my mom speaks French, but the school didn't let me take that class for whatever reason. Spanish class was hell.

Try having hot young women in mini-skirts in Spanish class... Fuckin torture man...

 

[Phatguysrule]

My daughter used to speak both languages interchangeably when she was that age. She would mix in a couple of Vietnamese words when speaking in English and mix in English when speaking in Vietnamese. It's perfectly normal.

My wife still does it. There are words in both languages that there is no substitute for, so they just go back and forth.

But the craziest thing is when she wakes up in the middle of the night after a bad dream speaking Hmong to me... Trips me out.

Only happened a couple times though.

 

[Lanny]

My daughter used to speak both languages interchangeably when she was that age. She would mix in a couple of Vietnamese words when speaking in English and mix in English when speaking in Vietnamese. It's perfectly normal.

My wife, her best friend and her sister all slip in a little English whenever they speak Korean.

 

[Chris Craig]

I see that everyone took Spanish in HS. I had to take it in Jr. HS, only one year after I came to America and could hardly string a sentence of English together. I would've been better off taking French as my mom speaks French, but the school didn't let me take that class for whatever reason. Spanish class was hell.

I took French in Jr high and high school. I only remember a little bit of it

 

[crandc]

My parents spoke Yiddish as first language but never taught us, so they could talk about things they didn't want us to know about.

 

[Lanny]

I took French in Jr high and high school. I only remember a little bit of it

I took German for all four years in high school and one term of upper division German in college over half a century ago and still remember quite a bit.

 

[Lanny]

I bet they were talking shit about you.

I've ignored that part for many years.

 

[Orion Bailey]

I took spanish… in the construction field.
Most words i learned i cant repeat. Ut man we had some laughs on the job site


“Damn Gringo is speaking spanish again”

“…ahh gringo pay lamay la culo, pincha dumadra”

(im sure thats grossly missspelled)