Say NO to holidays every 12 days!
Assalamu `alaykum,
February 23rd marked our 6 month mark. So far it’s been about 6 months of surviving and 5 months of studying. …Ash3uru bil-7uzn wa nafsul-waqt ash3uru bis-suroor…Ironically, I’m sad because I feel so happy here and I know it will not last. With each new day, milestones like delving deeper into Balagha and Sarf are just around the corner for me but not long after that so is my return date. We have been maintaining our intensive hours (6 hours a day/5 days a week) and alhamdulillah we will be starting level 7 tomorrow, if Allah wills. We are trying to maintain a pace that allows us to finish 2 levels per month. Through constant revision of grammar and practicing vocabulary, we believe this is attainable so long as we take final exams every other weekend. This inevitably means we will be taking exams every single weekend (the pattern would be: Midlevel, final, midlevel, final…etc). There’s only one thing standing in our way. I never thought I’d say this but:
H o l i d a y s   a r e   s u c h    a   w a s t e   o f    t i m e !
In our situation - on our time limit - we will only be able to finish all 13 levels by the first week of June if we stick to this pace and NOT take any breaks (other than weekends). Fajr Center said they are going to try their best to assign us a teacher who will be able to accommodate this request for us. See the problem is, Fajr awards every teacher the right to take a week off after every 75 hours of working. At the pace we’re going, we’ll be completing 75 hours every 12 days, so we simply cannot afford to be taking a week off every 12 days, that’s just absurd!
I hope it works out for us insha’Allah. Tomorrow we find out if our new teacher will be willing to accommodate our No-Holiday demands. If she can, then I think I will celebrate with a nice hot glass of sahlab, insha’Allah!
I always thought those holidays were useless, especially if you’re not tired by the end of the month (*and* you’re on a limited stay!). It’s was enough that they are a week, sometimes it went up to 10-12 days of just chilling (hmm, never give the work-a-holic such a thing! lol)
The one time I thought it was great though, was getting 10-20days off in Ramadan and ‘Eid al-Adha, alhamdulillah that was nice.
One thing: If you’re teacher can’t do it, why can’t the center get you another teacher (and keep swapping teachers until you complete the course?)
I agree! They found someone for us this time…I hope they cotinue to find another teacher each time. OR… Alia and I need to woo a teacher into loving us so much she doesn’t want to leave us ;)
I just love your blog. Please keep on posting!