One of the (many!) challenging things about Arabic is that the written and spoken languages are not the same. We speak colloquial Arabic just fine, meaning we can communicate with our friends and neighbors and understand your average person on the street. However, the classical Arabic language is a different animal altogether. That means that when we pick up a newspaper or book, or try to watch the news on TV, we're basically clueless. We can usually pick out a word here and there, but can't come close to understanding it all. We have often compared it to the difference between English and Spanish--that's how far apart the spoken and written Arabic languages are!
So, Jason is taking a course this month that's going to help him learn to read the newspaper. In the photo above, he's eating his lunch on the "special plate" since it was his first day of class.
In addition to the "student" hat he's wearing now, he's also been wearing some other hats this week, like the "nurse" hat and the "home school substitute teacher" hat. I have been very sick with a throat infection, so he's pretty much handling everything! He took me to the doctor today, and when the doctor saw my throat, he just said, "Wooooow." I'm so grateful to be taken care of, and for all the hats my amazing husband wears.
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