I took Spanish in high school but only got through it with a “C” because I was able to do special credit assignments by drawing posters for the teacher to hand around the class room. I would draw a building, bird, cat, a man, women, etc. and label them with their spanish and English words/meanings. As a matter of fact, that’s how I got through Science and Math too.
Oh my gosh- I just realized my mom must have been paying off all my teachers so I could graduate! That explains how I got credit for writing a paper for Spanish describing my trip to Taco Bell and what I ordered!
Maybe this would have been a better strip then what I posted? Don’t you dare say it.
Hey Tom… I feel your pain – way more than you know!
For me, it was German I and German II. Barely passed those classes by the skin of my teeth – and also because I was always able to kick butt on the end-of-the-year final project that counted 50% of our grade.
I used to draw the you-know-what out of all sorts of German regional flags, castles, symbols, various road signs… you name it, I could draw the German version of it. But speak it and learn it? Well, that was a different matter entirely. 🙂
Same here, but with French class! Now all I can do is read menu items and ask if someone wants a cigarette!
Did you intentionally spell quesadilla wrong?
Dang it! No, I didn’t. I even looked it up, but still missed it! I’ll fix it.
Well, that actually made it funnier to me….
Love this Tom, but won’t comment regarding my own miss spoken words. I definitely have my own language sometimes.
Great Strip Tom! Greetings from México!
The good thing about Spanish is that the spelling is systematic and the phonology rather simple compared to English. If you know the spelling system its very hard to find a word were the pronunciation is ambiguous or has to be memorized.