07/29/12 Sink or Swim

    So it has been a while sense I have graced my blog with profound thoughts. The reason for this has probably been a mix of my fast paced schedule of worldly travels and my unbroken internal happiness. How can I complain.  In less then 24 hours I will be on a plane to Deutschland. This time not so much for site seeing. Instead I will be taking an "intensive" German language class. The class will be taught in German. When signing up for this kind of crazy, I was convinced everything will be okay. I was convinced that I would do just fine knowing a minimal amount of German and that the class will teach me the rest. Now, 24 hours before I leave, I am realizing that maybe I am not prepared for such an event. My success will only be known upon my return. These last few days here at home I have been in a silent panic as I am "Google Translating" half the stuff written by fellow classmates. There are two ways to teach someone how to swim, one is to coach them from the shallow end of the pool, the other is to simply push them off into the deep end. It's either sink or swim.