#german major

[glamgothhobbit]

One of the reasons I like German so much is that its grammar is like math to me which begs the question: why didn’t I major in math instead and actually have a chance at getting a good job

[vikkicomics]

Major Isenstein but he’s hung over and can’t find his trousers. 

[lajvstudies]

19 January 2020

peach tea & Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen

[sprachebisse]

I haven’t updated a lot of personal posts lately but man am I really feeling that Intermediate Plateau. 

I thought I would share the novel I’m reading in my Contemporary German Lit and Film class: Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll. I like Böll a lot in general but this novel is....jeepers its tough. It hops from one point to another and sort of runs together like a stream of thoughts, so you have to really pay attention to everything to understand what’s going on. 

I’m not sure if this book would be classified as B2 level or closer to C1 but the vocabulary is more varied and advanced than anything I’ve been assigned so far, or read by myself. But my personal reading choices have been young adult novels, until this semester. 

We also read a couple of plays which were really good, but also really fucking difficult but I read them and understood them enough to write analytical papers on both of them! (The first one was Draußen vor der Tür and the second was der Besuch der alten Dame) 

In my Survey of German Lit class, we’re reading a little about Kant and Lessing, so there’s been bits and pieces of philosophy readings (nothing more than paragraphs but eek...)

I’ve written 2 German papers, taken one German midterm, given one German presentation and written 4 German poems. And there’s still lots more to come. 

I legit have nightmares about never getting to C1 level when I graduate in 14 months.

[hiinenkelte]

In a way, I was safe writing

Franz Kafka 

[centrecollege]

Name: Alexis Becker ‘19 Major: Biology; German Organization: Synergy Flavors Position: Research Intern Location: Cincinnati, OH Term: Summer 2018

“I learned how to perform many of the daily functions of flavor science. This included using their analytical equipment, learning their flavor processing techniques, as well as performing a long-term storage study experiment on how different coffee roasting and brewing techniques influence coffee turbidity over time. I learned a lot about professionalism, as well as what a fun but rigorous lab environment looks like. I plan to perform research in the future, and learning what research in a commercial setting looked like was very useful to me in shaping my aspirations and goals.” --Alexis Becker

[takaraphoenix]

FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU F U C K Y O U.

Studying for an exam and there are some fun “test questions” thrown in.

Which. Nice. I thought.

And then I read them and like “...Never have I ever heard this word before in my entire life??” so I look through the PDF with all the shit we did in class, that thankfully our professors all upload online, and the damn word is no where in that fucking presentation.

Not even mentioned once. Not once! Another word, only mentioned once but without an explanation as to what the fuck it is.

Fuuuck yooou.

[dashiemouse]

That moment when you’re tempted to reblog an ad just because you love its use of German...