Caribbean-Studyblr

Langblr Introduction (I guess?)

Hi there I'm Plant! And while there is the word Studyblr in my username it's going to be more of a Langblr for the time being.

A little bit about me:

I'm from Trinidad 🇹🇹

I'm 18

I'm taking a gap year before applying to uni

I'm gender fluid and use all pronouns

I'm neurodivergent and have adhd

About my Languages:

I'm currently trying to learn German and Spanish

I'm about a A1 in German

I'm a complete beginner in Spanish (A0?)

I'm probably going to be focusing more on learning Spanish than German at the moment as my workplace is almost entirely Spanish speaking

thanks i'll still think abt it for now myb i will after exams esp since then i'll be online here more often

oh no, i wish you the best of luck! do you have any particular strategies you find helpful?

i'm sorry but i can't agree that it's the government's fault. cxc is in charge of the exams and they have offered the option to defer and the government hasn't prevented students from deferring. i am concerned tho that unlike last year some exam student(s) will end up contracting the virus and causing their school to be closed and kids quarantined bc with the variant so many people are asymptomatic or only develop symptoms days after they become infected so they can't be blamed for continuing abt their lives as normal if they don't have any symptoms and aren't aware they were in contact with anyone who had it. it's such a tricky situation but i'm not sure our government pulling out from this year's exam is the solution bc well us students need to move on, personally i can't imagine being stuck in the school system another year! my stress levels and mental health cannot i understand and agree with the delays but the longer it takes the more difficult it gets for me. idk dude i don't think there's any one solution to this very big and complex problem. i mean cxc seems to be a bit more understanding compared to last year but the solution at the end of the day will need to come from them, not the individual governments. hopefully tho the lockdown will start having some positive effects soon or more specifically people will actually start obeying the laws and stop sneaking into stores that are open on a call basis and all the other nonsense ppl continue to do sigh. sorry this is so long

my exam prep has been idk somewhat good but definitely not what i'm accustomed to, honestly i'm so done with school i just want to be over with it idec how i do i'm so tired on every level possible sigh

Hi anon! 

I hope you’re having a great time now since exams are done!

To be honest I actually completely agree with your stance now! 😅

Oh god anon I’m so sorry this has been sitting in my inbox so long! CAPE absolutely wrecked my mental health.

As for the question: My grandmother is actually German and I’ve gone there to visit her family a few times when I was young! 

So I have really great memories associated with the language and family to practice with!

But now I think I might have over-committed for July in fun events and hang outs 😅

I’m going to an event every weekend

I’m attending a couple virtual and in person university open days

I have three cosplays and my prom dress to make

I’m participating in nanowrimo and a fic exchange

I’m volunteering at a few pride events 

They showed a couple clips and short films from past students which were all really good! (and also mentioned lgbt+ films and filmakers!)

I'm officially done with my A level exams! I just took my last exam this morning!

It's so weird to be done with school! I've never really been here before and since I'm not going straight to university I'm not completely sure what to do with my life!

Eh I'll figure it out!