I have made the difficult decision to not continue with my Middle Eastern Studies minor. I have a couple of reasons for it.
1). money. I do not want more student loans. This is a biggie.
2). Arabic is not something I want to continue formally. I am being diplomatic here! I love the language but the best most efficiant way for me to learn this is to live in an arabic speaking country for an extended period. My life right now is also not condusive to hours and hours of arabic drills.
This decision is not final but in my mind it is. I did not attempt my arabic homework that is due today! I will meet with a trusted professor today to hear her out. I will keep my few readers posted.
Oh- do not see this as an end to my success. I see this as going in a different direction. I am at peace with it and have learned not to beat myself up over it (if this is in fact the decision I will make). Anyhow, I am and always have been interested in Western female converts to Islam and identity. Arabic not required.
Salaam to all!
anthrogeek10
On a side note: if I blow off ME Studies, I will be graduating in the spring of 2010. Yippie
3 comments:
Blow them off! Graduate! Do them later and elsewhere if necessary!
Do whatever you feel at peace with. :) xxxxx
Thats what I did! LOL
I am also taking an graduate level class in the spring (Anthropology of Tourism). It will help me to get into grad school but it is 3X's an undergrad class.
This arabic stuff sucks.
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