THIS IS A COMMUNITY SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.
For all those bold enough to take Dr. Garrity's History of the English Language (a.k.a H.e.L(L)), then you are in for quite the roller coaster ride. Let's just say I haven't even taken a test for the man in that class, and I feel like I am in for quite an arduous, academic endeavor. It's not a foreign language like Russian or Japanese, it's Old English--something 10 times worse! It seems that every class is Dr. Garrity reading and students just listening with befuddled looks on their faces as they try to understand how "sceoled" is supposed to mean "Shield" and "wolcnum" is supposed to mean "skies." I feel like I should call Dr. Brown of Back to the Future fame and travel back in time so that I could kidnap Chaucer and make him my personal translator. But for the most part, I'm just going to have to settle with my own voice as I struggle to make meaning of the words. Oh well, such is life. I wish I would have taken German in high school...
"Life is waiting for you. It's all messed up, but we're alive." - Our Lady Peace
3 comments:
I was an English-Creative Writing major during my years at Saint Joe, and of all the Garrity classs I took, I never once attempted History of the English Language. May God be with you during this difficult time.
"I feel like I should call Dr. Brown of Back to the Future fame and travel back in time so that I could kidnap Chaucer and make him my personal translator." That makes me laugh Coz, but seriously, good luck with Garrity, I know I would never be able to tackle that class and am SO glad I don't have to!
He is so interesting in class and the whole subject would mean so much more to us if we had the insane amount of knowledge that he has. He is intelligent but his tests are absolutely nasty. You owe me 3 beers I like Heineken.
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