u/darryl__fish

I'm loving Dreaming Spanish. I have some extensive background in Spanish from 7th-12th grade, plus personal study off and on beyond that, but the system has been really great for me and helping me maintain consistency for the first time in years. I've only logged something like 40 hours in the past couple months but my listening comprehension has skyrocketed in that time. I think I had a broad vocabulary base to draw from, but I started around level 50 with subtitles and now will go for a run with 60+ on and easily understand 85%.

BUT -- I would love if the difficulty ratings just appeared automatically with the videos, instead of only with the search & sort functions. Can anyone help me with that? I don't think it's possible? Like I want my watch list in my library to include the difficulty ratings.

And I would love to have a search category that's just podcasts. I LOVE the (mostly) Agustina podcasts. It's hard for me to find them without getting a lot of other content that shows up in the search results, since the titles never include "Podcast." I'm finding it's easier to search things on Youtube and then add them manually, but I'd prefer to stay in the DS app!

The counselor for my prospective program actually was pretty dismissive of me when I voiced concern about employment upon graduation. He told me I wouldn't have any issue finding employment. But I know now that it's not the case, after talking to other people that have graduated from the program and reading more online.

Before I commit to a program, I would like to get some idea of what areas ARE hiring (instead of just where they're not). Any ideas about where to find that info?

I am located in California and have been all my life, but would relocate anywhere within the state (or close-by, like Reno). But my husband is a teacher with a pension and I cannot go further than that. Before I acquire a bunch of debt and lose a few years of my life, I'd like to get some sense of what my actual employment prospects would be.

I'm 35 frickin years old. I just spent $80 on TEAS prep materials and they changed the requirements... Good lord. Every time I feel like I'm getting close, something shifts!