Learn a foreign language!
There is no better way to feel ignorant than to say "I eat yesterday chicken" when what you meant to say was "Yesterday I ate chicken." Unless you say, "Wow - handsome!" when you'd intended to comment on how delicious the food was that your friends' Mom made for you.
And while you're at it, try feeling confused: Did he just say "Good job" or "I'm cold"? And um....did he tell me to go under the bridge and go left or go left over bridge or go left at the bridge or did he say to go right and nothing about a bridge??
Forgetful too: "How do I say 'then,' again? Oh, and what about 'I'm coming back!'?" And for some reason the word for "always" will simply NEVER stay in your head!
Inadequate and incompetent? Check! "I really just have NO IDEA what you are trying to say to me...!!"
And usually "frightened" is not the right word. Try "tengo miedo" - you just "have fear." It's like a disease, every time you open your mouth to speak a different language, instead of words there's only fear.
Finally, you'll probably feel a little like Lucy from the I Love Lucy show - she knows what she's thinking but to everyone else, she always just looks a little (or a lot) silly.
This is a small and incomplete list of all the ways that attempting to learn a foreign language can be damaging to your self esteem.
I suggest you try it.
There is no better way to feel ignorant than to say "I eat yesterday chicken" when what you meant to say was "Yesterday I ate chicken." Unless you say, "Wow - handsome!" when you'd intended to comment on how delicious the food was that your friends' Mom made for you.
And while you're at it, try feeling confused: Did he just say "Good job" or "I'm cold"? And um....did he tell me to go under the bridge and go left or go left over bridge or go left at the bridge or did he say to go right and nothing about a bridge??
Forgetful too: "How do I say 'then,' again? Oh, and what about 'I'm coming back!'?" And for some reason the word for "always" will simply NEVER stay in your head!
Inadequate and incompetent? Check! "I really just have NO IDEA what you are trying to say to me...!!"
And usually "frightened" is not the right word. Try "tengo miedo" - you just "have fear." It's like a disease, every time you open your mouth to speak a different language, instead of words there's only fear.
Finally, you'll probably feel a little like Lucy from the I Love Lucy show - she knows what she's thinking but to everyone else, she always just looks a little (or a lot) silly.
This is a small and incomplete list of all the ways that attempting to learn a foreign language can be damaging to your self esteem.
I suggest you try it.
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