Reflection from Week 9

[Taylor Napier-Runnels]

Last week was a disaster in terms of following my learning plan and meeting my objectives. I was really unfocused and unmotivated. Partially this was due to the fact that I had my senior thesis presentation last week, but also because I applied for several jobs in Afghanistan and wasn't sure if I should stay with Farsi or switch to Dari. I have decided that since my job plans aren't solidified and since I enjoy learning Farsi, I am going to stick with it. If I get offered a job in Afghanistan then I can decide if I want to start studying Dari. Hopefully this upcoming week will be a lot better and I will be able to focus more. I wish I had more to contribute to this reflection, but I really did not work on my Farsi all that much last week so didn't really encounter any obstacles except for the ones already mentioned.I did start researching Hafez for my culture project and it has been really interesting to see the different ways that he has contributed to Iranian culture. I'm looking forward to learning more about him and figuring out how to present all of the information on him in 15 minutes.