Another Meaningless Acheivement

Which means, of course, that I'm secretly proud of it.

We had our oral presentations in Spanish class this week. The vast majority of the students in the class speak horrendous Spanish, and routinely make simple grammatical errors. The class itself, though competently taught, is hampered by a rigid syllabus that relies more on teaching students the merits of various social systems than on how to correctly use the subjunctif.

It is within this context that I tell you about my own presentation (within my group of five).

The usual habit is for groups to cook some dish from a hispanic country, and then take turns describing what they made and a little bit about the culture of their chosen country. Two of the three groups did this. Because we wanted to do even less work then that, we decided to choose various Hispanic notables, and incorporate them into a dating game-style show. We each wrote parts of the script, and then met once to hash out how it woiuld go. I was the host, and played Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Being the only group that actually acted, and also the only group that attempted to make jokes, and the only group that relied on something other then memorizing a few facts and repeating them mindlessly in a monotone voice, with a horrific accent, we of course were by far the best group. Some highlights:

1. I would make terrible jokes referencing Gabriel Garcia Marquez books (Ex. El esta buscando por el amor, pero yo creo que no "El Amor en Tiempe de Cholera"), which of course no one caught except the teacher. At that point I would cue a recorded laugh track.

Actually, that's the only highlight. At any rate, the teacher said before hand that we would vote at the end on "Best Actor," and the winner would get five extra points. So of course I won. But trust me, the competition was far from fierce.