Me Talk Pretty One Day

This story was extremely interesting and somewhat funny to me. So he first moves to Paris because he is so interested in learning the language. Even so, that he arrives early to class to observe others in their own conversations. It may seem at first that he was going early simply to learn more, but is soon intimidated by the confidence of the others. This is surprising that people become intimidated so easily, mostly because it is true. Intimidation may come easily but the act of giving up, I believe is seen much less. And soon he is already caught up in a question to which he does not know the answer. It is interesting how a person can know something by heart at one point and after so many hours, days, months, it is almost as if it was never known. The teacher turns out to be very, very intimidating and I found it quite funny to read how he scrambled to think of an answer to the teacher’s now, trick question. All because of the response she gave her students, David quickly realized that this question was not just about answering it. And just like any other human, he jotted notes about the answer to her question. And as he finally delivered his answer, her response made him believe he had butchered the entire thing! As she proceeded with the other students, class proceeded to an end. And “we all left class foolishly believing the worst was over.” How humans can jump to conclusions because of past experiences is an amazing thing. The patterns humans put together because of the way it happened before. And then, they end up being wrong. It is a funny thing, but I feel that the way this teacher was, really did help the students learn the fastest. I also find it interesting how people in power operate. The students were forbidden any other language than French. Even so, the teacher found her way into the minds of the students and used each student’s language. This is a mental blow, I believe because each student’s language in the classroom is almost personal. It is what they grew up with and mentally is a comfort zone. So she whips that out in front of them for a whole new degree to insult them. This was mildly funny but also, strange. Strange how one person can understand this and use against the other. After the fear became so strong to David it was not only in the classroom, but in his everyday living. Without completely realizing it, he was excelling in the French language. And finally one day in class, he realized that he understood everything. It was such a rewarding experience for him, that he “bathed in the subtle beauty of each new curse and insult”. And I say, “Yea for David”. The stress and discomfort that he endured provided him with the satisfaction of a well earned knowledge.