So having made it through orientation with my mind only slightly turned to mush by the endless taking and my hands only slightly turned to mush by giving myself a round of applause for everything from getting on a plane to listening so intently, I attempt to register for classes, but as I don't have any prerequisites needed for the 'advanced' physics courses they need me to present my transcripts (understandable) and then comes the clincher, "Oh, you haven't taken any English classes, how do we know you can cope?" They didn't seem to accept my nationality as proof of fluency so I had to take the English test:
You have studied English for several years. Perhaps you feel confident about your writing, more likely you do not. To let us know your strength and your weaknesses, take 30-45 minutes now to write a brief essay about your training in English to this point, and about what kind of writer you now are as a result of that training.
--Be as specific as possible
--Restrict your essay to a single English class if you prefer
--Cross out and revise as much as you wish
Thankfully whoever marked it seemed to understand British sarcasm as after that there were no suggestions that I take any English classes
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Perhaps they meant "English" as in "Language Arts" and not as a language itself? Like... writing short stories and the like type of English, not being able to speak a different language type of English. ;)
ReplyDeleteGlad you passed, anyway! Hehe
~Felicia