What type of extra courses / classes did you take as a child?
By hcpoirot
@hcpoirot (1562)
Indonesia
June 5, 2008 7:35am CST
Mom put me in English course when I was 7 years old. I still remember that it was a course run by an Indian headmaster. At that time I am not into studying new language but I try to make Mom happy and not get Mom nagging me all day about how English language was the trend setter at that day. So I enroll in English extra class for years to come. I never had any real breakthrough in the English lesson. I can understand basic English and can had a limited English conversation.
When I started my International penpal at age 14, I started to saw what advantage I had learning the extra class years ago. Though I still need a dictionary to write, I can write pretty fluently in a simple letter.
I got more serious into my learning. Watch more English movies, regularly write to my abroad penpals and started to read English books. Turn out I did love English language and find it very useful this days to communicate online and watch any English movie without any subtitle. Turn out the Englisg class was very useful for me now. 
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5 responses
@diansinta (7544)
• Indonesia
6 Jun 08
I got piano lessons, ballet lessons and ngaji lessons. I am so tired because of that. But all very interesting.
@diansinta (7544)
• Indonesia
7 Jun 08
I love painting n drawing since i was a kid. That time my mom only found those lessons. Ballet is a very active dance you know, my mom put me there so my energy don't waste by destroying the house, i guest.. LOL...That time, i don't need to take a lesson to draw or anything, but i already won in the drawing competition. Only one drawing. I remember i draw a play garden full of children play lots of stuff and colorful one. And all grownup like it, i don't know which part their interest...Maybe because i used all the crayon. Most of my friend draw 2 mountain, one road and rice field. I think because it's different theme than other drawing.
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@hcpoirot (1562)
• Indonesia
6 Jun 08
Yes, I can imagine that. So manye extra courses. But ballet lesson? Its quite not I imagine you take cause I know you were a tomboy girl when you were young. Interestingly, now you got a talent in painting. did you take art school for college or painting was jut a hobby?
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
6 Jun 08
Learning a foreign language is always an advantage. My dad also let me to have the extra courses for English when I was a pupil. Although I didn't like it at that time because my spare time was having English courses. I have to say that it is useful for me when I grow up. Having a good English can allow you to find a good job easily.
I love China
@hcpoirot (1562)
• Indonesia
6 Jun 08
Turn out yor English lesson and mine was very useful now specially in myLot . 
Too bad that in Indonesia speaking and writing a fluent English is not a big advantaed anymore in finding job cuase most of the workers here can speak or write English though maybe not as fluent in writing and speaking.
Now learning Mandarin is the trend cause more and more Chinese people came here to invest in business and wanted workers who can speak and write in Chinese. I can speak a liitle and mostl understanding the conversation but I cannot write in Chinese except for my own name.
Too bad that in Indonesia speaking and writing a fluent English is not a big advantaed anymore in finding job cuase most of the workers here can speak or write English though maybe not as fluent in writing and speaking.
Now learning Mandarin is the trend cause more and more Chinese people came here to invest in business and wanted workers who can speak and write in Chinese. I can speak a liitle and mostl understanding the conversation but I cannot write in Chinese except for my own name.
@aseretdd (13730)
• Philippines
6 Jun 08
In my country... taking English classes is compulsory to all students in any level... so i studied this subject in all my years studying... but i did take one extra class... and that is typing class during one summer of my college... my parents did not want me to... but i persisted because i know... having a typing skill will help me someday... and i was 100% correct... work was easier for me because i can type fast... so that one summer class really paid off...
@hcpoirot (1562)
• Indonesia
6 Jun 08
Yes, you sure benefit from the typing class. Specially when posting here. Cause it will be much quicker and efficient if I can type answes and topic discussions as quick as you. I did try typing with all my ten fingers on my own and I tell you now, it was a disastrous. So back to eleven fingers typing.
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
24 Jun 08
i am a graduate of metallurgical engineering technology but after i render 6 years of work i am bored of being a metallurgist, i studied again, of course another course that seems to be good on my idea. LOL. i studied a business course which is entrepreneurship. i love business than being an employee so now i am on my 3rd year and have my own offline business.
@sutanhartanto (4122)
• Indonesia
6 Jun 08
that's great! no wonder you write in english as if it's your first language . i didn't take any extra classes as a child. i started joining extra classes in senior high school. thx.
. i didn't take any extra classes as a child. i started joining extra classes in senior high school. thx. 1 person likes this
@hcpoirot (1562)
• Indonesia
6 Jun 08
Hi Sutan. Though I take extra Englis lesson since I was a child, I really beginning to seriously learned them few years after. Now I can said it paid off for me. And you also had a very good English writing from what I can read from your blog. What extra classes di you take in your senior high school?
