Last week started with a Morphology Test. It wasn’t difficult, but I’m insecure and I hope the teacher corrects it soon. By the way, I wish I weren’t so insecure. I always feel that I need someone else’s opinion or that what I do is not good enough. But I’ve been learning how to deal with this characteristic I have.

We have reached the second module in the Applied Linguistics classes: we learned some very important definitions, such as theory, hypothesis and constructs. I believe these definitions will be very useful throughout our academic life.

On Wednesday we had our first Phonetics class. I was kind of scared - all those names and types of sound made me get very confused. But I think it’s really interesting – and important as well!

We had another test scheduled for Friday, so this week was all about studying until late at night! But when we arrived in class, we had a surprise: instead of a test, the teacher asked us to write two essays for Monday! As I’m very worried – I keep thinking about the things I’m supposed to do -, I arrived home and started writing. The first drafts of the two essays are already ready!

I started reading “Infância”, a Gracilianos Ramos’ romance, for my Literature for Young People class. It’s very nice, but I must finish it soon, since I have many other things to read for next week.

That’s the life of a language student: studying, studying and studying… The funny thing is that I love it! =]

This week's quote: “The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.”