2008-09-09 Very enjoyable, but useful?

For once in my life I've actually completed a language course. And very enjoyable it was, too. I actually looked forward to doing it. It was rarely a chore. And I think I must've retained 70% of what I was taught. However, it was only on the last CD that I realised that the majority of it was utterly useless. I mean, okay, if you want to say, "He has a television under his table," it's quite brilliant. Or "Do you have a good teacher in your school?" Again, essential. But if you want survival language to get you around China, alas, it's a major disappointment. Pity that.