Week 12

This semester has been pretty wild, and I'm super happy with how consistent I have been with my spanish learning. Now that we're rounding the end of the class, I've needed to set new goals for my Spanish occupation. My first goal that I'd like to achieve is to continue my daily lessons next semester. But since all good goals have a time frame and an objective, I'll say that by June first next year, I want to read and understand The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein in Spanish. 

I think I've definitely benefited from this activity because by making weekly blog posts on my Spanish learning, I've had at least five people talk to me about my progress all of witch also happen to speak some Spanish. In one of our readings by Wilcock, he said that "doing + being, becoming, belonging = survival and health." I've certainly found that because of my occupation, I've found belonging with others who enjoy speaking Spanish, and my social health has benefited from it. I was half expecting to be a social hermit this semester but because I've found belonging amongst other Spanish speakers, even though I'm incredibly busy, my social and mental health are benefited. 

The number one recommendation I have for future MOT students when choosing a new occupation is to choose something that you think will be fun and useful. This is because I believe that if I had chosen something which I had no intention of continuing after the class, then it would be a slog to continue. It would've been a meaningless activity.

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  1. Tyson HansonNovember 30, 2021 at 7:59 PM

    Allen,
    I admire the goal of reading The Hobbit in spanish! I remember as a kid trying several times to read in english. If you master spanish do you have any interest in learning a 3rd language? I can imagine that learning a new language would open up a whole different social world.

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    1. 100 Days of SpanishDecember 3, 2021 at 7:07 PM

      Thanks! Oh man, I freakin loved the Hobbit when I was a kid. I had found this amazing fully illustrated copy and I probably checked it out ten times. I would be super interested in learning another language. I'm leaning towards Chinese, but learning a whole new writing system looks intense.

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