To meet general education requirements here at the University of Iowa, you must have either four years of a foreign language from high school or complete the four semester requirement at the university. For those of us that may not of finished the requirements in high school or are just starting out with a new language in college, university language classes aren’t typically your favorite. So to illustrate what we are all thinking and feeling, there’s no one better than the Gilmore girls.
When you think it is a good idea to take an 8 a.m. language class
When you see your friend is taking the same class as you
When your professor speaks so fast you can’t even understand them
How your professor looks when you butcher their language
How you feel after your first exam
How you deal with failing your first exam
Then you move on to your oral exam
When you find a good partner to study with
And you study
And study
Then study some more
But when you pass…
It’s all worth it in the end.