{"id":28338,"date":"2019-02-21T10:08:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T15:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=28338"},"modified":"2024-07-02T17:10:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:10:33","slug":"well-said-an-unlikely-reason-to-learn-german","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=28338","title":{"rendered":"Well Said: An unlikely reason to learn German"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Priscilla Layne can trace her career all the way back to a simple decision she made when she was just 10 years old.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Well Said: An unlikely reason to learn German by Well Said\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F578160531&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As a 10-year-old in Chicago, Priscilla Layne was obsessed with Indiana Jones.<\/p>\n<p>She knew the movies forward and backward \u2014 except for a few parts in \u201cThe Raiders of the Lost Arc\u201d and \u201cThe Last Crusade\u201d when characters spoke German without accompanying subtitles. So Layne decided she would learn German to understand what they were saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt became a hobby of mine,\u201d said Layne, now an assistant professor of German in the College of Arts &amp; Sciences. \u201cEveryone knew my thing was German.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On this week\u2019s episode, Layne explains how a simple hobby developed into an academic career.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unc.edu\/about\/accessibility\/well-said-transcripts-2\/#chapter-11\"><u>Read a transcript of the episode.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wellsaidunc\/well-said-an-unlikely-reason-to-learn-german\/s-Wt102\">Listen to the episode on\u00a0<u>SoundCloud\u00a0<\/u><\/a>or wherever you listen to podcasts.<\/p>\n<p><i>Join us every Wednesday for Well Said to hear from students, faculty, staff and alumni. Each week, you\u2019ll learn what\u2019s going on in classrooms, labs and around campus, and how it pertains to the local, national and international headlines.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unc.edu\/discover\/well-said-an-unlikely-reason-to-learn-german\/\">University Communications<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this episode of Well Said, Priscilla Layne explains how a simple hobby developed into an academic 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