I have 3 solid years of Spanish classes under my belt, but I gave it up in high school under the ever wise instruction around me that there would be no future for me in learning languages. I would never make it in the world focusing on language. I really regret listening.
Anyway I have recently taken back up my dreams of language by studying Korean. Learning Korean has been very enjoyable and very testing at the same time. Korean is so very fundamentaly different than English that it is an unhill struggle just to change the way I think!
I have enjoyed the challenge emensly, every small vicorty is that much sweeter knowing I had to struggle to achieve it!
But recently I have been around many Latino co-workers and have had to use my very rusty Spanish to communicate. I have found I actually remember a great deal more than I had origionally thought I would after 7 years of little to no use. The more I talk with my Latino co-workers the greater my desire to finish off the language and become fluent. It would be infinately easier to accomplish than achieving fleuncy in Korean...But I know that I cannot study two languages at once. Which one should it be?
I really don't want to give up my progress in Korean, I would lose so much quitting at this stage. Also, I enjoy Korean culture and people more than Latino culture. (Sorry to any latinos out there, but just take a look at all the cuteness of Korean culture! Surely you can sense it's allure! And I most certainly am not saying I dislike Latin culture! Far from it...but simply put Korean men are attractive and adorable by thier very nature...you can't blame a girl for that!)
On the other hand I would have such a rapid transition into fluency in Spanish it is highly tempting to achieve part of my life long goals as soon as I can.
I'm not certain at this point but as it stands right now I refuse to give up my progress in the Korean language, but perhaps later I will re-take up the language...I would really love to finish my studies in Spanish someday.
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