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head · 02-05-2010, 00:31

I'm not going to compare them, but took Spanish in college, SOLT in Arabic, and never been to DLI. I can get by in Spanish but it's more due me living in a house full of Spaniards for a while and also living in Tucson. I was pretty good in Arabic, but haven't been to a country that used it... tried picking up Pashto and Dari instead. About halfway through Language School, an MI LT started taking the course with us - she had a degree in Arabic and worked some deal to attend our training so she "could get paid." Man.. with us halfway through, most of our Arabic was at least as good as hers and, I repeat, SHE HAD A DEGREE IN ARABIC. Yeah, she knew all the conjugations and knew some more words, but we could still out loga her arabia [sic]...

If you want to get a college degree before you go SF, you should get it in something useful that can be an added skill to a team... cause when you tell your team you have a degree in Arabic, don't be surprised if there's a few guys that will immediately show you how much that degree was worth. Of course, that could happen with any degree, but my point is that everyone in SF has to go through language training - they don't have to go through computer training, mechanic training, cooking school, whatever.

ETA: Also, I sent my military training transcripts back to my old university - 18 credits in Arabic. Not too bad.

02-05-2010, 00:31	#23
head Quiet Professional Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Bay Area Posts: 568	I'm not going to compare them, but took Spanish in college, SOLT in Arabic, and never been to DLI. I can get by in Spanish but it's more due me living in a house full of Spaniards for a while and also living in Tucson. I was pretty good in Arabic, but haven't been to a country that used it... tried picking up Pashto and Dari instead. About halfway through Language School, an MI LT started taking the course with us - she had a degree in Arabic and worked some deal to attend our training so she "could get paid." Man.. with us halfway through, most of our Arabic was at least as good as hers and, I repeat, SHE HAD A DEGREE IN ARABIC. Yeah, she knew all the conjugations and knew some more words, but we could still out loga her arabia [sic]... If you want to get a college degree before you go SF, you should get it in something useful that can be an added skill to a team... cause when you tell your team you have a degree in Arabic, don't be surprised if there's a few guys that will immediately show you how much that degree was worth. Of course, that could happen with any degree, but my point is that everyone in SF has to go through language training - they don't have to go through computer training, mechanic training, cooking school, whatever. ETA: Also, I sent my military training transcripts back to my old university - 18 credits in Arabic. Not too bad. __________________ Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. Last edited by head; 02-05-2010 at 00:45.
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