English Tutoring Classes and Other Non-Related Matters

Hello, everyone!

Even if I don't have time, I end up crawling back here and I swear it's not my fault.

 

Actually, I just finished Latin's homework (grammar ;____;) and was trying to "study" English Grammar - why?

My best friend's sister, two years younger than me, asked me to help her with English. I said yes, of course, it couldn't be difficult, right?

 

Wrong!

Actually, she's going to have a test next thursday and there's a lot of things to study. Like in Portuguese, I never really learnt grammar but instead wrote what I think it fit the most within the sentence. Worst thing I could have ever done considering I didn't get to learn anything nor did anyone teach me. Now I am supposed to explain to her the Simple Future, Future Perfect, Future Continuous, Conditionals + a whole lot of Environment-related vocabulary. The thing is, I shouldn't have accepted it in the first place, but here I thought it was going to be something rather easy. 

Since I attended a "different" type of high school, where English was not definitely the most important subject, we didn't learn the same stuff everyone from other schools learnt. That leaves me a step behind everyone else in terms of Grammar Terms (not the grammar in itself, since I kind of know what is right and what is wrong, though I'm always learning). I've actually been trying to learn now the Future tense - I mean, last time I was taught the Future tense, it was all about will or going to, not this Future Continuous or Present Continuous with Future meaning---- what is that? So, besides my self not having enough time for studying college-related stuff, I've been pressuring myself into learning this.

It's actually stressing me out. I want to tell her I won't be able to teach her, but she seems so dependent. Yes, because even worst than this is that the girl understands nothing of English. And when I mean nothing, I mean nothing, nada, zero. 

That's why when I first offered her help, a few months ago, I was talking about help from the very beginning, not from whatever is going to be in her written test. . Just when I was about to text her this afternoon on how I was unable to explain her and how I did everything by instinct, I receive I huge message of her telling every single detail of what was going to be on the test. It made me sad. She always fails in English, and I really wanted to help her, but... I just can't.

 

On another unrelated note, like I said there ^^^^^^ in the title), college is fun, but extremely tired. I use all my concentration and I'm always 100% focused in every class, so I get home and literally fall on the sofa and only wake up, say, 1, 2 hours later. It's horrible because I've been feeling really inspired to write (~~~~~~~~~~~~ guess what, I'm writing Because I'm Stupid!!!!) and I just can't find time!! It wasn't that long ago (1 month ago?) that I had lots of spare time but no imagination to write, ugh. Actually, there is a little someone in my class that is inspiring me in Because I'm Stupid (that will have another name), that makes my day out of a simple glance. It's weird, but I'll leave it as it is hahaha I mean, because it's a somewhat sensitive point considering I'm not lesbian or biual and feeling like this makes me really, really confused. 

 

Lately I've been listening to a lot of acustic songs, soft rock, Mumford & Sons, Jack Johnson and John Mayer and my favorite radio station when studying, so I can say those are the main artists/groups that are making me alive these first days as a college freshman haha Funny how on Tuesday, at the end of Spinning Class, the personal trainer put Mayer's 'Your Body is A Wonderland', and trust me, may be his most overrated song, but after working out for 1 hour non-stop, it is sooooo relaxing. He once played Harper's ual Healing and it felt just perfect.

 

Well, I guess that's all for now. I don't want to give up on her and I really want to help her, but I'm so not ready for this! Will only be if I get to comprehend the Future tense, and that will only be able to come true if I focus on studying it, so, yes.

It's stressing me out ;____;

 

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nagbabasalang
#1
ahhh...

i've never been good at anything...
and i never listen to class... soooo... mianhe... *bows*
nagbabasalang
#2
hmmmm...

e.g.

"i will be attending..." <- is that future continuous?
DobuOnew
#3
Well, I'm pretty sure you'll do just fine. Fighting! When we can't we just have to say no. :/

Poor girl, she always fails in English ... :c
I would explain about Future Continuous and stuff but since other people already did it, I'll leave it. :)
Marianations #4
Future continuous is stuff like 'I'll be visiting my best friend next month' :3
asroar
#5
Future Continuous is like adding 'ing' to the main verb.
Kinda like "he will be visiting me." Instead of simple future, which would be "he will visit me."
Simple future is much like Perfect Future, or so my teacher told us.

I think that's all there is to Future Continuous?