Я (американец) всегда очень хотел говорить по-русски лучше. Язык изучал я лет шесть, и еще очень неудоволен с качеством моего речи, писания, понимания. Мечтаю разгаваривать и писать свободнее и с меньшими ошибками. ((((
Ernestovich's Life List
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1. Join the military
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2. master the russian language
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3. learn arabic
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4. learn guitar
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5. learn the russian keyboard
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6. learn to type faster
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7. write music
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8. gain 20 lbs.
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9. build a log cabin
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10. have a book/film worthy life
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11. get veneers
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12. find my biological mother
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13. Become Financially Independent
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14. cure my insomnia
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15. buy a new laptop
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16. get a job
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17. decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
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18. get corrective jaw surgery
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19. learn how to drive stick-shift
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How I did it: I met with the Dean regarding issues with me passing one of my courses, and was told that I would need to repeat first year. In addition, I found the courses in my department tripled in class size and halved exposure time due to budget cuts, and it seemed what I was able to take away from the lectures was becoming very limited (as a language major). The general environment (rampant alcoholism, political homogeneity) was also one… Read how I did it…
