It’s Gonna Be Just Fine
There are times when I lose hope and just want to strangle Paige to death because she’s so frustrating to me. Then I hang out with a herd of teenagers and I figure, respective to the lot of them – she’s doing just fine.
When Paige was in Kindergarten, I enrolled her in a Spanish Immersion school. At this point, she is pretty fluent and only took Spanish in middle school for the practice.
The other day, she was helping a friend with her Spanish grammar and I asked the question:
Me: Paige, do you ever dream in Spanish?
Paige: Yeah, sometimes. I used to when I was in elementary school, but now, not so much.
[Unnamed] Friend: What does that mean?
Paige: What do you mean?
Friend: Dreaming in Spanish?
Paige: You know, when you have a dream and everyone is speaking in Spanish.
Friend: Why would I dream in Spanish? I don’t even speak Spanish.
Paige: Duh. You only speak English. I speak Spanish and sometimes dream in Spanish.
Friend: Sometimes I have dreams and there are Mexicans in them. Is that the same?
This made me laugh out loud! Goodness. *snort*
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HEEEE-larious. Thanks for sharing. My kid would be “Friend” in this story.
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DUH, those are totally the same thing.
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I’d say she’s definitely doing well. Thanks for sharing — including the part about her friend. I giggled.
Hahaha! Awesome. And dang, hanging out with a herd of teenagers sounds awfully daunting, but I’ll be there myself before much longer.
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Oooooh, Lordy.
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haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
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That made my day.
It also reminded of the time that I was in marketing class and we were looking at an advertisements from Greece (where our teacher was from). Some brilliant soul said, “What does that say in American?”
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Oh. My.
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That made my day. I love teenagers… from a distance.
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That could’ve been Rachel and Ashley. I love it! These are the moments I cherish.
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OMG, that is hilarious. I’m trying not to laugh too hard at work. On another note, that’s awesome that you put her in a Spanish immersion class. The 3-4 years I took Soanish in HS and college did very little for me. It only comes out when I’ve been in Mexico for a week and have drunk enough to get it out of me. I think (just my personal opinion) early exposure goes a longer way. It’s great that she’s retained it. On another note, I think if I dreamt in Spanish all scenarios would be so much moe sexier or dramatic