New Orleans, Louisiana.
You know it’s hot when you’re still sweating an hour after sunset.
That’s why we were walking at the speed of melting ice cream.
It was me, my dad, my sisters, my brother-in-law, a future in-law, and most of my nieces and nephews.
And we were all returning from a fancy dinner at a place called Commander’s Palace.
My two college-age nieces were behind me. And as we passed Jackson Square I heard one say to the other, “Thank God I never have to take another language again!”
You see, in the U.S., most colleges have something called a “core curriculum.” That means that although my niece wants to be a doctor, first she has to take lots of other classes in lots of different subjects.
The idea is to produce students who not only can do their job, but who are also well-balanced intellectually.
I think it’s a good thing. Mathematicians should know some history and historians should know some math.
(My niece, on the other hand… )
Now think about this – What did she really learn in her French classes?
Sure, she learned some grammar and vocabulary. But that will soon be forgotten.
What she’ll never forget is that she hates French.
And that’s a pity.
It should be a teacher’s first task to teach you to love the language.
Because if you don’t, then you can just forget it. Your chances of success are low, and your chances of quitting are high.
What about your English teachers? Did they teach you to love English?
Or did they teach you how to be nervous and bored?
But what about this – what if you could erase the negative emotions you learned in school? What if you could start over again? What if you could learn to love English as an adult?
This is something I teach in my new online program, Free Time Fluent.
