AFTER ALL, IT'S ONLY ENGLISH

Sundays are special days for me because part of my family comes to my house to have lunch.In between mates, we have the opportunity to catch up with the lives of all the members. Due to our activities, we do not have the chance to see each other as often as we wanted to. Therefore, sunday's meals have some sort of magic that keeps us in unison.

In one particular opportunity, one of my relatives asked me how I was doing in my carrer. I told him that I was about to finish. Perhaps, in December or March. But this was the end of my time as student. He looked at me and said "another year?". His tone of voice was quite ironic, and suddenly my Mr. Hyde appeared. After a short pause and a deep breath, I said that it was not easy for me to finish this career because it involves having to read and prepare many things. I tried to explain that it was not only the language itself, but other aspects of it as well.

I guess people in general tend to think that studying English is like learning to sew or going to an intensive summer course to learn a foreign language.

I do not know if this is the case of any other English student, but this happened to me in my own house and with my own family. Can you beleive it?

Since I can remember, my family asked me thousands of timeswhen I was going to finish my studies. In one way or another, this constant enquiries put a lot of pressure on meBut they do not care about this.

Anyway, I did not reveal my anger in front of everybody because it was not the perfect occassion. But i wll do it in time. Comparing people is not always healthy for one's self-steem because it makes you realize how dumb you have been and you are the one to blame for not finishing your career in time. But every man's life has its own mountains and valleys. Nobody is entitled to judge other people's flaws and misfortunes.

All in all, I guess that my relatives' opinion was out of ignorance. After all, it's only English and not medicine or Law.