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⌈ Secret Post #2508 ⌋

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[Sherlock]

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[Dragon Age 2, Skyrim]

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[Revolution]

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[The Avengers]

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[Cardcaptor Sakura]

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[Monster High]

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[Oz]

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(Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

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[Aimée Castle]

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[Shrek, Game of Thrones]

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[Oz]

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[SimCity Societies]

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[xxxHolic]

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[Michael Keaton]

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[By Any Means]

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[Downton Abbey/The Forsyte Saga]

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Oh man... I have quite a few.

I think I really only started to realize I was inordinately good at languages when my notoriously tough French professor in college told me, in regards to my classwork, "But you're brilliant, you know." And when I looked at her dubiously, she said, "You are, you really are!" This woman is like old school French educator, and her views on teaching are super European. So her opinion of my skills really helped me build confidence and branch out.

I had a professor who taught both Arabic and French; she remembers me to this day, and she approached me about being a teaching assistant in her Arabic class when I was an undergrad. She helped me realize that not only could I be a good teacher, I could teach in a challenging subject, in a challenging environment.

For my graduate degree, I had one teacher who really gave me confidence in myself. I was really wondering if I was appropriate for an advanced degree, and when I was floundering the hardest in my self confidence, and was casting about for internships, I asked her for a letter of recommendation. She sent me back an email that she absolutely would, as she thought I was a brilliant student and she had the highest amount of respect for me. So that made me feel much better about what and how I was doing.

if I may ask, what languages do you read/speak?

And I am glad your teachers have helped to encourage you so much.

Sure! I guess I'm what you might consider bilingual in English and French. I've spoken English since birth, and French since I was about 9 or 10? (I have equivalent schooling in both languages, with nearly equal fluency level. Reading feminist theory in the original French is actually extremely gratifying, I've learned.)

I minored in Arabic when I was in college, and I'm intermediate in that language.

I speak/read/write elementary Korean, and I have a little bit of spoken Mandarin under my belt as well. (I can read Russian, and recognize a few phrases, but I don't consider myself as proficient in any way, as I've never had any kind of schooling or constant exposure to it, aside for a computer language program.)

And yeah, my teachers have been pretty great.

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