SDLC 105 Learning Journal #6

[Daniel Matthew Kunath]

It seems that every week we change the learning plan just a little bit, but I can’t imagine that at the end of the semester it will resemble the plan we made at the beginning of the semester. I originally imagined it as similar to a grade school primer, but instead it looks more like a crash course in history and modern culture, with relevant vocabulary sprinkled around. I can’t imagine how frustrated I would be if my professors were so free-spirited about changing their lesson plans. I appreciate their reliability, but enjoy my freedom to pursue such various topics. I always thought it a bit cliché to say that understanding a language is necessary to understand a culture, and vice versa, but now I am beginning to buy into it heavily. The link is strong, and cannot be overstated. I need to work up the courage to speak Greek to become more competent, because even though I know a decent number of words, I am shy to use them, knowing that I will tumble, but also knowing I should just do it anyway.