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3/04

Today I finished my third day of classes. Our schedule is M,W,F we have language classes all day with our small groups and then T,Th we meet with everyone and do ‘technical’ training and a little bit of language. So tomorrow will be our second day of technical skill training and I’m hoping to actually learn something this time. Tuesday was just a day of reviewing and preparing us for what we’re about to learn. It was a long day. The best parts of T, Th is I get to see everyone rather than just the 3 others in my group and we get to ride a bus to the next city and its always full of little kids on their way to school. I love talking with the kids because it’s appropriate to ask them the questions that I actually know. Like, how old are you? Do you have a dog? What are you doing today? I’ve found that most of my questions are either insulting or annoying to adults…but the town that we travel to is about 2 miles away from my house and so we’re able to walk home on the dirt roads which is nice after a day of sitting.

 

Today my small language group went to the tourist building to visit the Cayambe museum and my professor introduced and encouraged me to a talk to a group of local highschoolers. They all proceeded to laugh at my pronunciation and repeated everything that I said to them in Spanish back to me in English. It was like the repeat game 10x worse.

 

I’m still waiting for my mom to stop feeding me. In the mornings, everyone else in the house has a glass of juice and warm milk for breakfast, which I would be fine with. But for me, she always has a roll, large quantities of cheese, an egg, fruit, milk and juice. That’s a lot compared to what everyone else in the house eats.

 

I did meet another person who lives in my house this morning at breakfast. From my interpretation, she is 26, a niece of my mom and only lives with us Monday-Fridays and is in Quito with her family on the weekends. But seriously, I don’t understand the dimensions of my house and who lives here and who doesn’t. I guess I fit in pretty well cuz I’m not quite sure anyone understands why I am living here as well J