Thank God.
May be poor and unemployed but I was eager enough to have family members contribute money towards getting these lessons in as an early birthday present. Its no xbox, but fek do I ever need them.
With the economy seeming to get worse by the week, horrible right wing conservatives in government promising to cut my job opportunities and telling me how thankful I should be that they're risking a second recession in the process, the only thing that gives me comfort anymore is that the British suck at languages. And we're getting worse. (According to a recent study, french/spanish, the lot are down, with maybe some small increases in chinese).
SO, whilst in the near future things are grim, I may sit with fingers clasped, bent over grinning like a cartoon supervillian happy in the knowledge that within the next few years I will be IN DEMAND! Like a glass of scotch at an AA meeting, I will be in demand.
Also theres that thrill of speaking to someone in more then one dialect, I love it when me mates chat to each other interspersing between two languages. I had A - C grades in all my GCSEs except french. God I hated french. And now learning these romance languages sustains me. Go figure.
Off to parliament tomorrow to watch 3 or 4 questions I helped draft at my internship get read out. I intern at the Global Tamil Forum which, while unpaid, is the most fulfilling experience I can imagine right now. The organisation is obviously very rewarding to contribute to, helping fight for the human rights of minorities in Sri Lanka is brilliant. Combined with the high level of interaction with government figures makes me feel like I'm making a difference. This will be hard to let go if I become an administrator for some building company. Still, French and Spanish will keep me going.
Look at me, second post and I have it all figured out. I think..
Until next time.
Finito!
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