The Babbel app, which I'm using to learn Spanish at the intermediate level even though I'm a beginner, is annoying in how it badgers you to keep studying. I had already told the app that I was on a MWF schedule, but it keeps sending me messages reminding me that I'm "on a streak" or that I shouldn't quit now or that X number of days have passed since I last used the app or that I should "stop doomscrolling." I'm already at Lesson 3 for my level (I don't know how many lessons there are in my intermediate level, which Babbel calls by the European-sounding "B1"... at a guess, there must be about 20 or 21 lessons, each divided into several chapters, because the app says I'm 14% of the way through the level), but I just now figured out how to restart as a beginner, so I'll be learning and relearning all the basics (I do have a half-forgotten semester of Spanish under my belt already). Babbel's not a bad app; I might want to try Korean at some point given how lacking I still am in Korean basics. And maybe later, German. If I have enough hours in the day. I just need to remember to fail my Korean and German placement tests so as to place at a low level.
Thursday, August 07, 2025
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