Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Speculating: The Whole Thing

Yesterday I began the official Substitution For Money Scheme as devised by Boss, and it wasn't too bad. However, I was ridiculously unprepared for the private class that I substituted, a preparatory class in Finance vocabulary. You see, I come from a long line of Georgian farmers and Puerto Rican campesinos, and working with money and its subsequent vocabulary isn't exactly in my repertoire of skills. Also, I may possibly be reverse autistic; smart in other things and laughable at Math. Think Anti-Rainman.

So halfway through the class, rather than continue looking through the dictionary for these wacky words that I had never heard of, I started making up their definitions. Rationalization? Thinking hard. Speculation? Like Rationalization, but the whole thing (I actually said this, confusing myself as much as the student). Overdraft? This I actually knew, from past experience.

It's possible that I'm the worst English teacher in the world.