I had a great finish to my trip to Buenos Aires. We went to a bunch more schools this week too. On Tuesday we went to a technical high school that had a preschool within it because 15% of the students are parents. We also went to an elementary school that is 80% immigrants. Both were very interesting to see. The elementary school had a great Freirean philosophy but the classroom was chaos. I have no idea how the kids learn anything because there was not one point where all the children were seated and not screaming. The teacher could only really help students individually cause whenever she would try to help the whole class, there would be too much talking to hear what was going on. So while the teacher was helping on student the other 30 kids were running around or struggling to do their work. They can to us for help and we helped as much as we could but it was evident that there were a lot of issues for these kids. But one funny/horrifying thing about this classroom was that there was a letter written on a big piece of paper on the wall above the blackboard. The letter read:
Queridos Chicos,
Pedimos disculpas por haber prendido fuego el tacho y haber roto las cortinas.
Les prometemos cuidas mas el aula que campartimos.
-Los Alumnos de 1o 2da
Which means:
Dear Kids,
We ask forgiveness for having set the wastebasket on fire and having broken the curtains.
We promise to take better care of the classroom we share.
-The students of 1st grade room 2
Yup... that about sums it up. I almost died laughing at the thought of first graders setting a trash can on fire and breaking the curtains. I have images of a crazy riot with 6 year olds. How did they get matches first of all? Second of all, where was the teacher when they set fire to the classroom? Its kinda funny and also kinda scary.
We also went to another secondary school in the city and the kids there were super friendly and outgoing it was a lot of fun.
On Thursday evening we had out goodbye dinner with all of the families at a restaurant and the five of us that took the tango class did a dance that our teachers had choreographed. It was a blast and people loved it.
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| From Buenos Aires |
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| From Buenos Aires |
Overall, I had a great experience in Buenos Aires: I struggled a lot with public transportation, danced a lot of tango, stayed up super late, ate a lot of delicious ice cream, had an Argentinian boy fall in love with me (Rocco the dog, don't worry Justin), and saw a lot of the beautiful city. It really was awesome but I found myself super excited to go home to Santiago. On Friday night when I got home from the airport, my family and I all watched Noche en el Museo 2. I fell asleep in my parents bed watching the movie next to my two little brothers who also fell asleep. I guess you could say that I feel comfortable and at home in my house now.
I also can't believe that the Independent Study Project period has started. Its super overwhelming to think about but also really exciting. I will be in Chapod living with my Mapuche family in a week, which I am also excited for. But I am also really missing home and Justin a lot too. Its weird to feel so at home in Santiago, Chapod and in the States and to miss all of them at once. My family has gotten significantly larger since coming to Latin America.
Paz y Amor,
Kim
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