January 21, 2005
I hate GRE!
Sorry, I didn’t mean to disappear again. I’m applying for the fall semester to get into graduate school. I should take GRE by the end of January and I am studying hard for it. It is the most horrible exam I have ever had to take. I really don’t know what the intention of the test administrators is by putting all those AJAGH VAJAGH words in the verbal section! Is it really easy for Americans?
I will soon be back with lots of news. There are also two unfinished articles saved in MS Word that I will try to finish and put them here after I am done with the GRE and application processes.
p.s. I did enjoy watching the protests in Bush’s inauguration ceremony through C-Span. It was amazing for me! I imagined what would happen if Iranians who were against Iran-Iraq war would go to the streets of Tehran and protest. They would all be tortured to death or executed! Protesting against IRI leader? No way!!! It seems democracy still exists in the land of Uncle Sam!
| Sina @ 11:29 PM | January 21, 2005 |
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Salaam!Majority of D.C. people are against President Bush.About 89.5 % of voters in DC has voted against Bush in November 2nd.BTW what would you like to study for your graduate studies next fall?cheers |
| jeh @ 01:27 AM | January 22, 2005 |
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Yeah I'm studying for the GRE also. For some reason with the vocabulary, they feel that everyone going to grad school should have a "classical" education. If you know Greek and Latin it 's much easier. I'm taking an informal Homeric Greek class. You might try checking out something like www.textkit.com. That won't help you with your January deadline but if you can put it off, it might help you to look over the greek/latin stuff. You already know english and persian. Structure is a little different between all four languages, but english uses a lot of greek/latin derived words. Historically all four are related - they are all Indo-European languages. Although as a Persian speaker you'd probably pick up Sanskrit/Hindi faster than Greek/Latin. Persian, Sanskrit and Hindi are all Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) languages. Greek's structure is more like English. Latin - I don't know much about. :)) |
| Lady Sun @ 09:22 AM | January 22, 2005 |
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I'm going to apply for Journalism and Women's Studies Sina joon. It depends on which school gives me money! Thx Jeh for the useful information :) |
| David @ 10:24 AM | January 22, 2005 |
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Well, I guess that compared to Iran, America is quite democratic. However, Bush is doing his best to make America into some sort of fundamentalist Christian republic. Good luck with your GRE studies! :) I went to graduate school, but I didn't have to take the GRE. However, I did study some for it. I think that it is a very difficult test even for Americans. |
| Egbert Souse' @ 08:45 PM | January 25, 2005 |
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Dear Lady Sun It is so good to have you back and blogging again. I was afraid you might have been busted by the Iranian authorities. Welcome to the USA. My father was once a foreign student who met my mother here and decided to stay. This country does have a lot of freedom. Its detractors say this is a "fascist" country, but you will soon learn how silly that is, as you come from a country whose government is truly a malignant force against the freedom of its citizens. Good luck on your GRE. You will do fine. Best wishes |
| Ali @ 10:25 PM | January 26, 2005 |
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Dear Lady Sun, I also wish for the iranians to be able to protest against their government ...through the ballot. Unfortunately those protesting and complaining againt Bush tend to forget how fortunate they are and that a lot of people in this world do not enjoy similar right. If they could their right to support democracy activist around the workd instead of crying about a lost election, they would be very useful. |