I can't believe I leave for spring break at the end of this week! It really does not feel like I have been in Firenze for that long. I came on the this trip to become a better artist, student, and person and I think I have grown since I been here. It really saddens me to know that my time here is halfway over. I do not have any cool or interesting stories this week seeing as I am still very sick.
I will however talk about how hard the Italian language is. Learning language somewhat comes easy for me. I am able to pick up key words and phrases in a short span of time. I have a solid foundation in Spanish and I know a tiny bit a French. This can be very helpful in most situations but, not when I'm learning a language that sounds somewhat Spanish, somewhat follows French grammar rules, but then has its own vocabulary and grammar in turn. In conversation and In class, I can typically get away with speaking what I like to call Spitish. It's a hodgepodge of mainly Spanish, Italian, and English. However, when it comes to tests and essays it becomes the bane of my existence. I can not get away with my made up language of Spitish on tests and exams because it is visual. Sure it sounds nice...decent...okay...passable, but once it is down on paper it shows all it's flaws. It's not to say I have not been trying. I study every night and practice while doing homework. It is just hard because the languages are so similar I slip into the habit of combining them when I write. On The last composition, I supposedly wrote the majority of it in Spanish, unconsciously, and when I did write in Italian I was reprimanded for my spelling. I'm trying hard to untrain my brain and program it to Italian. However, this ten day long spring break adventure I am about to go on at the end of the week seriously will not be any help. I am going to London, Paris, and Barcelona. For ten days, I will be speak English the tiny bit of French I know, and Spanish. Maybe, I should try speaking only Italian in all these cities so when I come back so I will be better Italian. Hopefully,I figure my language life out but for now I guess I'll be a broken Rosetta Stone.