Diary Entry #4

Dear Diary,

I just heard that I’ve been accepted to the Alexandrian Gymnasium! I am so excited, and I feel I am prepared to deal with the possible dilemmas that I might face. For starters, I would have to learn how to speak Greek if I want to accomplish anything at all while I'm there. I assume that they will have a tutor that could teach me the language though so I'm not too worried about that. Another problem would be that I would have to travel very far from my farm in Judea to get there. I guess I'm going to have to get up extra early or find a new home in Alexandria. Finally, I'm going to have to pretend as though I am either not Jewish or a Hellenized Jew in order to fit in with the crowd. I hope that I will overcome these obstacles and become a huge success!