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Why I Chose French
French is an exquisite language. Even further, the culture is breathtakingly interesting. I have always wanted to take french however, that desire was put on hold throughout middle school because of my choice to instead take a study hall course. So, as you could imagine I am thrilled to finally be beginning my french adventure.
Dance has always been in my life, specifically ballet. The funny thing is, at the end of sixth grade when it cam time to choose a language to take, I check-marked the french box. This was mainly because I wanted to further educate my knowledge of the ballet world and the language of ballet! (I was taking classes very intensively at about five or six days a week for multiple hours each time, with high hopes of becoming a ballerina) So naturally, knowing the language of my career would've been helpful. However, after that summer I had to quit my training for a good year and a half for various reasons. Although ballet was my true introduction to the world of french culture, I don't look to apply my knowledge of the french language solely to ballet. I am fortunate, grateful, and so extremely psyched to be learning french.
Another reason I chose to take the french language in school was because no one else in my family ever had, or was allowed to. Both my mother and grandmother very much wanted to take french when they were presented with the option but their mothers did not let them. "Spanish is more practical," they'd say. But life isn't all about practicality and instead choosing something that will feel like an honest, happy decision. When people tell me it is an ignorant decision, taking french, because they think I will use Spanish more since there is a higher population of their culture, not french culture, in America I can confidently tell them they do not know what they are talking about. In my life, I have high hopes for world travel and relocating. Sure, those travels might take me to Mexico or Spain and i would not know Spanish but, couldn't that happen with other places as well? Who says I am going to stay and live in America my whole life? I am probably more likely to be living in France or England by the time I'm thirty than in America.
This is why I have chosen French and I simply cannot wait to learn more of and about it.
Dance has always been in my life, specifically ballet. The funny thing is, at the end of sixth grade when it cam time to choose a language to take, I check-marked the french box. This was mainly because I wanted to further educate my knowledge of the ballet world and the language of ballet! (I was taking classes very intensively at about five or six days a week for multiple hours each time, with high hopes of becoming a ballerina) So naturally, knowing the language of my career would've been helpful. However, after that summer I had to quit my training for a good year and a half for various reasons. Although ballet was my true introduction to the world of french culture, I don't look to apply my knowledge of the french language solely to ballet. I am fortunate, grateful, and so extremely psyched to be learning french.
Another reason I chose to take the french language in school was because no one else in my family ever had, or was allowed to. Both my mother and grandmother very much wanted to take french when they were presented with the option but their mothers did not let them. "Spanish is more practical," they'd say. But life isn't all about practicality and instead choosing something that will feel like an honest, happy decision. When people tell me it is an ignorant decision, taking french, because they think I will use Spanish more since there is a higher population of their culture, not french culture, in America I can confidently tell them they do not know what they are talking about. In my life, I have high hopes for world travel and relocating. Sure, those travels might take me to Mexico or Spain and i would not know Spanish but, couldn't that happen with other places as well? Who says I am going to stay and live in America my whole life? I am probably more likely to be living in France or England by the time I'm thirty than in America.
This is why I have chosen French and I simply cannot wait to learn more of and about it.
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