Exams...Continued.

I put a lot of time into studying for these most recent exams. A month ago I had almost given up with this course, I was struggling to understand what I was being taught and my attitude was, what's the point? As much as I joke about learning Dutch, it is something that I really want to do. Communication lets me down...so sang Spandau Ballet in their song called...erm, Communication. Being unable to communicate with people leaves one feeling incomplete.
About a week and a half ago, our teacher told us which pages to go over in our course book. I naturally assumed that these would be the subjects which would be covered in the exam. Well we know what assuming does don't we? It makes an ass out of ume...something like that anyway. It was exactly the same as I wrote in my previous post on wednesday. We were given 6 pages to study, none of which were included in yesterdays exam!
My capacity for languages has a limit, admittedly it is not a very high limit! But I spent around 3 hours a day studying. At around the 3 hour mark my brain starts to do the mental equivalent of going to the corner of the room, placing an index finger in it's mouth and moving it up and down very fast whilst making a blibble, blibble noise. It's an amazing feeling and not one I enjoy.

Me:- Can't think...brain shutting down...must...watch...Eastenders...

And very quickly I'm back to my normal self, reassured that I'm not as stupid as I thought! Sadly, that joke will mean absolutely nothing to the majority of readers but it was very, very funny!(yeah, right...)
Language can be interesting, no really it can, and I am always interested in the use of words in Dutch which have similar meanings in English.

Babble:- to utter words, sounds, etc in an incoherent or indistinct jumble.
(what are you babbling on about,man?)

Babbelen, which is a Dutch word, is pronounced the same, or as near as dammit, as babbling.

Babbelen:- to have a chat, conversation

So, yesterdays exam should have been babbelen but I'm afraid it was babbling! If the purpose of the exam was to use as many words as I could in the wrong order and also in fact, in the wrong language, I would have scored highly! I think it's time to leave the subject of exams alone for a while. I wont learn how I did until 28th May ( that's a date to put in your diary, folks!).