Olivia :D

For Christmas a year or two ago, I got a new radio. When I opened it, there were only one set of instructions: Spanish ones. I was only in Spanish one or two so I barely understood what they were saying. I "winged it" and just threw the instructions in the box to set up the rest of the speakers.

Recently I had to go back upstairs in our storage room and find the box for our Playstation to send in for repair. While I was up there, I accidentally dropped my radio box. The instructions came out so I picked them up and looked at them. I was surprised to see that the two more years of knowledge from Spanish 3 and 4 helped me greatly. I could comprehend most of what was written on the page! I felt very proud of my Spanish knowledge. :D

Olivia :D

Neither of my parents or my brother took Spanish as a foreign language. So, I got bored one day and changed the language to Spanish on my brother's phone. He asked my parents for help but, because they had no background knowledge, they couldn't help. After a while of struggling, he handed the phone back to me and told me to change it. I used this as black-mail and told him that he had to make breakfast before I would change it back. So, with my knowledge of Spanish helping me, I got my brother to make me eggs for breakfast! It was a simple way to get what I want using what I know. :D

Olivia :D

Over our four day weekend I watched some movies to pass the time. While watching them Spanish came up in different parts. Most of the time the movies would have dialogue at the bottom so English speaking people would know what they were saying but sometimes it wouldn't come up. While watching the movie one part the guy said "death to you all" in Spanish. I chuckled because I understood what was being said and the rest of my family didn't. I felt smarter because I could comprehend more of the movie (even though I've seen it a thousand times) through comprehending the Spanish parts. :D

(Sorry about the green background... It wouldn't let me change it and I don't know why it changed in the first place)