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To toss in my lovely cents about DLI, I was there from July 07-Dec 08. I was straight out of high school and figured college would be a waste with my 2.3 GPA, telling me that I was going to waste a lot of money on something I wasn't interested in (more school). So naturally let's join the military and go to a year and a half school why the gently caress not. I had Mandarin and I actually cared for the first third of the class. Did really well. Then the second third kicked in and the vocabulary requires ramped up ridiculously and I couldn't be bothered to care. Also e/n first time babby left home, poo poo like that. I must have made an impression on the teachers who wanted to keep me in because I failed about six tests and still graduated the class. Got a 1+ across the board, I was maybe the second or third class to test on the DLPT-5. The military side didn't care to waiver it and I didn't care to keep doing it but I wasn't a shitbird so I went to comm instead. Thank god. Granted I was pretty much a burnout for the first year and a half, but I got better. I was a shut-in so I didn't really get out and enjoy the area. Sat in my room and played video games. I'm now slightly less of a shut-in so maybe it would be a different story now. SO to those who graduate, congratulations. To those who don't and get a decent job, congratulations.
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Nerds as a whole are usually too squirrely to do something like this out in a place with sunlight. Otherwise, fairly accurate.
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I flunked my Chinese with 1's across the board but 6 years later I can speak it better than I can read/listen to it. Not that I can speak it very well. YMMV.
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