Hello all! its been a while. I havent written because I haven't had anything to say. the days are quit monotonous, all i do is go to class, then go home and either work on my paper or sleep or watch tv. I am very bored right now, but its okay. I finished writing my 5 page paper on Petra...its kinda embarrassing how bad it is for a college paper, but hey- its in Arabic, so ma fi mushkela (no big deal). Today I took my OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview). Basically I called america and had some guy talk to me for 30 minutes in Arabic to assess my level in comparison to all other Arabic learners. I think I did pretty well, but we shall see. I will get put into a category: intermediate low, mid, high, or Advanced low, mid, or high. I am hoping for Advanced low. This semester was interesting, but it wasn't very challenging. I was at a level in between two classes, so my class was a little too easy for me and my learning was slowed down by others in my class. but next semester i think i will learn a lot more.
Next semester, I am not sure yet where I will be living. I hope we live on campus instead of the apartments we are in now because we are kinda in a bad neighborhood, but they don't know yet. The problem is that the University dosent allow Jordanian students to live with American students, and CET requires it (of course, I didn't have one this semester but I am supposed to have one in the fall) I asked the resident director Mazen if I could live with my friend Rasha. She is the roommate of my american friend, and we became quite close because I dont have a roommate so I just spent a lot of time with them. Hopefully everything works out. I am starting to stress out because I dont kow where to put my bags that I will be leaving here during the 3 weeks I will be in Europe (super excited btw!!!!).
tomorrow I don't have class. I just have a one on one hour with my wonderful teacher Iman to edit my paper. After that, I still have to record 15 minutes of myself and 15 minutes of my two partners for my amiyya project - we are discussing the relations between men and women in Jordan. It is pretty interesting what some people have said. We had to interview several people and I definitely learned more about the culture. I hope its not too hard to talk for 15 minutes!!!!
on Wednesday, I have to take my final exam, which i have been assured is super easy. Our midterm was the same way, and I got a 98% so I am happy (not that I am getting credit for this summer). After the test, we have our last day of class then we have a little hefla (party) to say goodbye! and then I leave at like 6am on friday. I plan to be in a tank top and shorts at a bar in Tel Aviv by friday night! Goodbye Islam and Goodbye Jordan! I am free to do what I like for 3 whole weeks!!!!!!!
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