Hey y'all, hugs, kisses, yada yada yada...
Talked to eldest son Dean this evening, and he passed his final evaluation at DLI. He is officially a USAF Chinese Linguist. The highest mark expected for a non-native speaker is a 2.5 (whatever a 2.5 means)...He made a 2.5 on Comprehension, a 2.5 on Speaking, and a 2.0 on interpreting written Mandarin.
He was very relieved. It has been a long haul for him, made more difficult by other junk that many of you know about already. He told The Mrs. that he planned to celebrate by sleeping just as late as he wants to every day throughout the Independence Day weekend. He will be in Texas to begin Cryptology School on July 15.
Whew! Thank you all so much for your kind thoughts and prayers for the man. I know he felt them...and I know that I did.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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Good news indeed!
ReplyDeleteDean speaks two languages, how many do you speak?
ReplyDeletePaul, I speak English somewhat, Southern real good, and enough Spanish to survive in Mexico on my own.
ReplyDeleteDean actually speaks English (very well btw), enough Spanish to get by, Romanian (yep, Romanian), and now Chinese. I'll bet that's confusing...
This is very good news! Especially when you consider we'll all be speaking Chinese after a second Obama term...
ReplyDeleteHeh! I'd Nyuk, if it wasn't so likely.
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