So at 9am yesterday morning I was walking into an exam almost fifteen months after I’d finished my last one having thought to myself how nice it will be to never have to do another one ever again.
As opposed to testing me on my knowledge of high energy astrophysics or something of that ilk, this test was all about finding out whether or not I had the language skills of a Greek three year old. I think it’s fair to say that I don’t really have the language skills of a Greek two year old.
But it doesn’t matter! As I left the hall, I thought to myself that I’ve never felt so carefree after leaving an exam twenty five minutes into the three allotted hours! As I suspected, I couldn’t do many of the questions on the paper, but that’s okay – it wasn’t about grilling me on how much Greek I’d picked up so far, but about determining where I’d be able to pick up the most Greek.
There we go: placement test out of the way. The actual lessons start properly on Tuesday 6th October and will be from 12noon – 3pm Monday to Friday. I’m quite excited about starting them and learning a bit more Greek – I still get stumped when people ask me if I want my coffee hot or cold (a really bizarre question in my opinion) and resort to a very English “I beg your pardon?!” or words to that effect.
Please be praying that I’d be able to learn Greek quickly and that I’d make lots of friends on my course!
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