Yup, my 223 hours of higher education is still not enough for me, so I'm going back. This time around it's not for another degree, just for selected classes--Arabic. The community college down the road from us offers a set of Arabic classes (I-III) that I'll begin June 8th. I've already begun self-lead learning by working through some introductory grammars and Rosetta Stone, and I'll continue that through the classes. I had a fantastic experience at the community college where I did my A.A. and so I'm hopeful that this school (Meramec CC) will be equally good; I'm looking forward to it. I'm a little nervous about doing the intensive class (8wks, 4 credit hrs) while working 50 hrs a week, but thinking back to beginning Greek during my first summer at CTS (I worked FT at ITARP then) is encouraging--that time was a highlight of seminary. I'll just have to find the time to study around work/class like I did before, and I am just as passionate (if not more) about learning Arabic than I was about Greek. It'll be great, and it is really nice to have something to look forward to and work toward these days...easy to get lost in the mire of a confusing life situation that doesn't seem to connect to anything that preceded or may follow. So, with that being said, 'Al hamdu li'llah.
I had to get a new Blog - storage is up, people!!
13 years ago
Glad to see you're doing this -
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Wherever we end up, I want to do the same thing you're doing. The intensive language studies in Seminary have been the highlight for me as well.
Cool! Oh, and there's a really great movie with quite a bit of Arabic dialogue in it, maybe you've seen it - it's called "Kingdom of Heaven," have you seen it? It's a really great movie....;)
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