A Curious set of Questions :)

bigredfan
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:47:54 +0000

I didn’t major in business, but I did have to take a language while I was at IU. According to my advisor there was nothing else I could have done but take a language, which sucks because by the time you graduate you end up paying for basically a semester’s worth of credits in a language that you didn’t want to take. (I don’t know any other languages so I don’t see how studying abroad would have counted for that requirement in my situation, since I would have studied in an english speaking country if I would have went. But if it could have counted and the advisor didn’t tell me, then that sucks).

Anyways, I ended up taking 4 semesters of latin, and it wasn’t bad at all. I actually learned a lot about english grammar and I think it really helped further my vocabulary. The instructors (grad students pursuing masters/PhD’s in classics) were really laid back and enthusiastic about teaching latin. I don’t regret the choice I made because we didn’t have to speak the language, and the instructors didn’t speak in latin or anything so it was easy to learn and understand.

Many of my friends took Spanish and the difficulty just seemed to depend on the instructor; some of them complained about it while others seemed not to mind it very much- in the end they all got through it. Another friend took Arabic and had a rough time with it… Also had friends that took italian who really seemed to enjoy it.