Spanish class

Third Spanish class last night. Going well, for the most part, but I have to tell you – Washington, DC is the worst place to ask people for their profession. It's bad enough in English, never mind in a foreign language. I, with some plausibility, could claim to be an engineer (ingeniero). There is a lawyer in the class (abocado). Everyone else, however, was impossible. Policy analyst? Human resources coordinator? Web producer? Congressional staffer? Complete disaster. No one should learn how to say “non-profit organization” in an introductory foreign language class.