Our diplomas
This week we got our first diplomas. Actually, it was last week, but there was an error on them, so they were corrected and I got them Monday. Here’s Shari’s:
So… do you notice anything odd? No, I’m not talking about the spelling – that’s how Shari spells her name in Spanish. But there are some other interesting things about it.
For example, it congratulates Shari for completing 2 weeks of classes. Interesting, since she has actually completed 4 weeks at the school. But you’ll also notice that the diploma was presented on the 6th of July, 2007. Check the date of this post, and you’ll understand what’s so odd about that!
By that time, Shari will actually be done 6 weeks of classes. But for some reason, she didn’t get a diploma for completing a level, or for completing any other weeks, just for completing the next two weeks she’s about to do.
I got a 2 week diploma too. I got it in my 14th week.
Well, every time I go to pay for our classes, the whole procedure is different, and I can’t speak enough to really understand why things are done the way they are! So, I just smile and say thank you… unless of course there’s some major miscommunication (this last time they gave me receipts for double the money I gave them, in a different currency. But that time it was really my fault).
So anyway, Shari did a great job in her coming two weeks (and they complain I have problems with my verb tenses?)!
Seriously, though, school has been going well. I’ve had a lot of homework, but I’ve enjoyed a lot of discussion on a variety of topics this week. I’ve learned a lot about Mexico, and some of the verb tenses are even starting to stick in my head. Sometimes I feel like I’m where I should have been after 2 weeks instead of 14 weeks – maybe that’s why they gave me a two week diploma! 😉
20 June 2007 @ 9:05 pm
Ahh . . . you just have to smile. There really is no other option. (Well, crying, I guess, but smiling is so much better.)
It is nice to know that we here in Taiwan are not the only ones who deal with things we don’t quite get . . . every time I’ve paid my taxes in the last four years the procedure has been different; students getting to “graduate” who have actually failed some of their senior courses, and so on.
It is nice to feel . . . “oh, I can SO identify!” . . . . even though you are in a different country, loving on and sharing Good News with a different people in a different land. So thanks for sharing and reminding me that I am NOT alone.
20 June 2007 @ 9:25 pm
Yes, I guess the story is the same all over. Actually, the same happens in Canada, but at least there I can talk to someone (after waiting on hold, pressing several buttons, and being transferred and having to call around a few times until I get the correct human)! 😉