Some of you may not know that I'm in Intermediate Spanish. It's part of my major, and my dad bribed me to take Spanish instead of Japanese. Anyway, now you know all about that. Basically, I still want to take Japanese, just because I think it would be fun to do.
But, I hate this Spanish class. I have a B+, and the other two classes were easy A's for me. I just keep forgetting to do the online homework. D: Basically, I also don't participate or speak aloud in class. It's not because I don't know how, of course. I just take my time getting every word and conjugation right, so it takes forever and I don't like drolling on. Apparently, that means that a lot of my classmates don't know I speak or understand anything that's going on.
So, today in class we listened to Manu Chao's "Clandestino", and were asked to get in groups to figure out what the song was about/ meant. I guess NO ONE ELSE understood what it meant. D: I mean, it's a pretty easy listening exercise. It's about as slow singing gets. Anyway, I answer with a long response describing what Manu thinks and means, what the laws are and relevant cultural references. When I stopped talking, one of my partners (who I sit next to every day) says "dude, I didn't know you could just go off like that. It sounded freaking natural!"
I actually felt a little awkward after that. D: I only answered because I was frustrated no one else understood it.
Embedded for your listening pleasure: