<p>I can't wait to learn French. I've considered trying out Rosetta Stone to get a head start. My friend has been doing that with Portuguese, and he's gotten very good. Of course, he's also dating a Portuguese girl, and according to him, languages are learned best in bed. I'm not sure what to make of that =p</p>
<p>lol me neither...</p>
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<p>does anyone else feel like april is never going to come?</p>
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<p>yes :(
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<p>Yeah, it seems so far away. First semester went by so fast!</p>
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<p>Well, we're almost into February.</p>
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<p>yeah, i guess... but then we still have all of february and march, which are two of the most depressing months weather-wise :( Oh well, at least there's february vacation :)</p>
<p>February vacation? Not where I live =p</p>
<p>And the weather's been getting better. The next two months should pass quickly. I've engineered my second semester schedule so that I get to leave at noon three days per week to work on my senior project. =)</p>
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<p>I envy anyone who has February break. However, I do pretty much have a week off right now for NY state Regents week.</p>
<p>You lucky duck, devorzhum. I'd manage it the other way, though, and let myself sleep in :-P I'm just excited about having my first study hall since 9th grade.</p>
<p>April seems so far away, though.</p>
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<p>You have a "Regents week"? We just take them in the midterms or finals week.</p>
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<p>If you think that your second semester seems to be going really slowly, remember that at Amherst second semester doesn't even start until a week from tomorrow.</p>
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<p>Phedre, our regents week is the same thing as our midterms/finals week, we get off from classes and call it "Regents Week" and the administration gets really anal about kids in the hallways.</p>
<p>yeah but they have intersession, which is supposed to be great.</p>
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<p>Wait, finals week is considered off from classes?? That's not exactly a vacation.</p>
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<p>What is Regents week? Lol i didn't know nobody else had february break! We have a whole week off :) We also have April break, but you guys have that too, right? Yeah, I guess time will start passing a bit faster once second semester begins and the weather improves!</p>
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<p>piratemonkey, Regents are New York State mandated exams. I don't know if private school kids need to take them, but everyone else in New York is required to pass a certain number to graduate. They're taken as finals or midterms, and JPan explained that just meant finals or midterms week</p>
<p>Anyway, I have a week off in February too. I think it just varies from school to school, no matter where you are.</p>
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<p>Yeah, MA public schools get Feb and April break. I went to private school thus got a long Christmas and March break, but I think Dec./Feb./Apr. is a pretty common combination.</p>
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<p>ok cool, thanks for filling me in :)</p>
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<p>No problem. Are both your parents Canadian/is one Czech? How did you come to live in beautiful Praha?</p>
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<p>my dad is Czech but he left Prague for Toronto during the Prague Spring Invasion (1968) and my mom is Canadian (from Prince Edward Island). My dad was offered a job in Praha so here were are fifteen years later :) I love it! </p>
<p>So how did you know to call it Praha? :) Where are you from?</p>
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