So I have decided to walk y'all through a typical school day for me. Usually, it begins at 5:50 when my alarm sounds, and I roll over and hit snooze. At about 6:00, I get out of bed, or I don't and I start the day running late. I get dressed and go eat breakfast which consists of eggs and a banana smoothie or bread, ham, and a banana smoothie. The bus comes at 6:25 almost everyday, unless I'm running late, then it comes early.
To describe by bus as a bus, the image of the typical American bus may come to mind. The only thing that that image and my bus has in common is that they both are yellow. Picture a yellow minivan with four rows of seats inside. Yup that's my bus!
I arrive at school at 6:50ish and I sit outside the classroom and wait for someone to come and unlock my classroom. I wait and talk to whoever else happens to be there for about half hour or so, and then we enter the room. It is in this room that I get to spend seven hours a day learning Spanish and a variety of other subjects. We get two breaks, one for twenty minutes and one for fifteen. I normally spend one break reading a book meant for a first grader, but I understand it. More or less.
During the rest of the school day, I am with my curso, Sociales. Forty one loud, proud, and undeniably crazy girls in one room. What could go wrong? The classroom does get really loud, but I absolutely love my curso! They have their of claimed me as their gringa and include me in everything. Their current project is teaching me how to juggle, and it's harder to learn than you'd think. And they always tell me that they are going to teach me how to dance, but no one has yet. Whether that's a god thing or not, I have no idea. But I am sure that Sociales is the best!
So once school is done, I get on the bus and get home at 2:30. This is when I get to eat lunch! Yum! Lunch is normally soup, then meat and rice and maybe vegetables if I'm lucky. From there, I take a nap or write a new blog post. Then it's time for Spanish class from 3:30 to 6:30.
So yeah, that's a normal day in my life. School, eat, sleep, Spanish class, eat, sleep, repeat. Little by little, I am starting to understand more and more. And I'm very proud to say that I can easily communicate. This does not mean that I am fluent, but I can communicate with ease. Although my American accent is still really strong, I am proud of how far I have come in my Spanish.
To describe by bus as a bus, the image of the typical American bus may come to mind. The only thing that that image and my bus has in common is that they both are yellow. Picture a yellow minivan with four rows of seats inside. Yup that's my bus!
I arrive at school at 6:50ish and I sit outside the classroom and wait for someone to come and unlock my classroom. I wait and talk to whoever else happens to be there for about half hour or so, and then we enter the room. It is in this room that I get to spend seven hours a day learning Spanish and a variety of other subjects. We get two breaks, one for twenty minutes and one for fifteen. I normally spend one break reading a book meant for a first grader, but I understand it. More or less.
During the rest of the school day, I am with my curso, Sociales. Forty one loud, proud, and undeniably crazy girls in one room. What could go wrong? The classroom does get really loud, but I absolutely love my curso! They have their of claimed me as their gringa and include me in everything. Their current project is teaching me how to juggle, and it's harder to learn than you'd think. And they always tell me that they are going to teach me how to dance, but no one has yet. Whether that's a god thing or not, I have no idea. But I am sure that Sociales is the best!
So once school is done, I get on the bus and get home at 2:30. This is when I get to eat lunch! Yum! Lunch is normally soup, then meat and rice and maybe vegetables if I'm lucky. From there, I take a nap or write a new blog post. Then it's time for Spanish class from 3:30 to 6:30.
So yeah, that's a normal day in my life. School, eat, sleep, Spanish class, eat, sleep, repeat. Little by little, I am starting to understand more and more. And I'm very proud to say that I can easily communicate. This does not mean that I am fluent, but I can communicate with ease. Although my American accent is still really strong, I am proud of how far I have come in my Spanish.