Keeping My Fingers Crossed

Cross yours, too, please

Published on April 18, 2005 By chiprj In Blogging

In just about 20 minutes, my students will be filing into a classroom to take the first part of their Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT). Today will be a listening form. Tomorrow, they will take another listening form and one Wednesday they will take the reading form. We'll have the results on Thursday.

I'm a bit nervous for them. Students test every few weeks as classes near completion, but this is different because these are my students (really Uncle Sam's students, right? But, mine, too). I picked this class up on day one and have been with them the entire way. It's been awesome being with them the entire time. I've watched them go from barely being able to make out the strange characters or reproduce the obscure vowel/consonants that appear in Korean to being able to use the language in meaningful and useful ways. It's been a short 63 weeks (if you can ever consider that much time to be short).

The DLPT will be used to determine if they get to graduate or just complete the course. It will also determine if they can actually go on to train into the jobs they've selected. And lastly, and often most importantly, it will determine how much, if any, extra money the military will pay them for being linguists. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for them.

I'm off now to give them one last bit of moral support. I'm going to meet them outside the testing office and wish them well as they go in.

So, for the next few days, keep your fingers crossed for them, please.

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Comments

Danny Bassette

on Apr 18, 2005

Go chiprj's students, do well on your tests.

foreverserenity

on Apr 18, 2005

My toes will be crossed too! Good luck and good karma to them!

Estrogen Lass

on Apr 18, 2005

My fingers, toes, and eyes are crossed for your students, and for you of course. My second class is graduating this Thursday (our class time is obviously way shorter than yours) and its really cool to see them graduate. I get really attached to them...I helped to teach them so they are like kids to me (even the ones older than moi) and its just a really great feeling to see them walk across the stage.

Spc Nobody Special

on Apr 18, 2005

. I've watched them go from barely being able to make out the strange characters or reproduce the obscure vowel/consonants that appear in Korean

And remember boys and girls, it's not eh.........it's eh, and not ch.........ch

Keep Up The Good Work!

on Apr 18, 2005

I don't if like or dislike you.

chiprj

on Apr 18, 2005

Thanks all! Just two more tests and three more days to wait for results.

And remember boys and girls, it's not eh.........it's eh, and not ch.........ch

Exactly!

I don't if like or dislike you.

I know I don't understand you... HAHA!

Sturgee

on Apr 19, 2005

ummm is that an "uh"-o, or an "oh"-o....? and remember, MEU MEU is buying and selling, since MEU is buying, and the EXACT opposite, selling, is...umm.....MEU....

chiprj

on Apr 19, 2005

Second listening test down today. Most of the students I spoke to after said they thought the test today was better than the one yesterday. Leads me to believe that they took the old form yesterday and the new form today.

They will take the reading test tomorrow.

Keep those fingers crossed!

chiprj

on Apr 19, 2005

ummm is that an "uh"-o, or an "oh"-o....? and remember, MEU MEU is buying and selling, since MEU is buying, and the EXACT opposite, selling, is...umm.....MEU....

I know, right? Same sound, different hanja! HAHAHA!

Different Hanja

on Apr 20, 2005

Same sound, different hanja!

Now you're just trying to bait me into a response... won't work.... Oh, hell, I guess it did.

chiprj

on Apr 20, 2005

Now you're just trying to bait me into a response... won't work.... Oh, hell, I guess it did.

HAHA! NOW, what do I have to do to bait you into a new post on your blog?

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