10-17-07 Dropping the UCA class

The class through the university, Social and Economic History of Contemporary Spain, and I were not meant to be. I struggled from the start of real assignments due to the level of the writing that we were reading. The material was extremely academic and considering that I have not taken a single Spanish language course, it was no fun to read. Once we went over the paper in class, it was a little clearer but I still felt lost. My decision was made about 2/3 of the way into class Monday. I want to enjoy Spain, I want to have a full cultural experience, keep myself busy socially and make my Spanish grow that way. The course was not uninteresting but nothing exciting enough to make me want to work as hard as I would have needed to. I sacrificed some intense in school learning for cultural exposure. It does make me sad, not taking the class, because it would be ridiculously helpful to my Spanish. The material from the class can be learned in any country of the world, but experiencing Spain/Cadiz can only happen in one. Dropping the class was easy, regret will fade, pleasure is due to ensue.