Hey everyone,
it seems silly to me to write a long post telling you all about Buenos Aires. I will be leaving Vina del Mar, Chile on Thursday at 3pm and starting my long way home. I can't wait to tell you all about my final weeks in person :). Thanks for following my posts and reading all about my travels here. It's been an incredible 5 months. While it is bittersweet, i am very happy to be coming home. See you all shortly!
besos,
carolina
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
No More School!
Hi everyone,
Last time we chatted I had just gotten home from San Pedro. Not too much has happened since then. I have been busy with school, but now I am all done!!!
So, I have happily managed decent grades here as far as I know. Some of them are purely miraculous! I got a 6 in one of my History classes, so that's cool. My lit class wasn't as easy. Here's why: the prof is a nut. I have never had good grades in his class, and he pretty much told me if I don't do well on the oral exam, I won't do well all around. The oral exam consisted of 76 questions! We were told to be able to elaborate on each question for at least 5 mins, so when we picked 3 randoms out of a hat we could talk for 15 minutes. Yikes!! So, I got an extension on a project for CIEE and focused on the oral for a while. I even got a tutor for an hour at CIEE to ensure that I was prepared. I went the very last day I could and took it in his office instead of in front of the whole class, cuz that would just be brutal. So I go in there and pick 3 random questions, 2 yellow 1 green. yellow were the first 30 questions, and green were the rest. In the middle of my answer for the third question he interrupts me and asks what my name is. he gave me a 7 because "i deserved it." damn right!!!!!!!!! and then he goes, hmmm, well you have come to every class, and i can tell youre a good student and i'd like for you to show your profs there in the US that you came to study abroad and was still applied and dedicated, so I'm going to boost your overall grade to a 6 which is equivalent to an A, ok? And i was like whattt??!!!!! But, cool, I'll take it!!!!!!!!! Woohoo!
So, my danza class, which i took thinking it would be fun, turned out to be a horrible nightmare! For that class I had to do a research paper, a dance, and a final. Tatiana and I did our paper no problem. But the dance! Argh! She stopped our group halfway and told us we were doing it all wrong. Not to mention I looked silly because Tatiana used the traditional dress I was going to wear cuz she had nothing and I at least had a little something to work with. Anyway, we ended up figuring it out and she gave us a second chance. Hopefully it went ok. Then I reminded her that she said I could make up my Diablada test (that's another dance we learned) that I missed at the beginning of the semester. Naturally I wasn't prepared, but when she wasn't paying attention the TA quickly helped me remember some of the steps and make a small routine. I'm happy to say I remembered a lot! Anyway, I danced all alone and for only 30 seconds to show her I knew the moves. I wasn't expecting much, but I got a 7!!! She said I danced very well, had great posture and pointed feet, and I had an excellent sense of rhythm, and that I was light on my feet and a joy to watch. I wanted to thank her for being a bitch all semester and giving me a hard time :). I didn't, of course. I think I failed the written test, seeing as I left a good chunk of it blank....oops.
I finally turned in my anthology project to ciee and now I am done!!!!!!!!!!!!! On Friday I leave for a week for Buenos Aires with miss Hillary. I booked us some cool sounding hostels in two different areas. The first 3 nights we will be in San Telmo which is the tango district. Then for the second half we are staying in Palermo which is the ritzier district! I'm so pumped! Then 5 days left....
I've started saying goodbyes which I don't like. It's weird, but since Hillary and I are leaving, it overlaps with when a bunch of people are leaving. Can't believe it! Anyway, I'll fill you in on Buenos Aires after, it will probably be my last post, yikes....
Besitos and I hope the heat I've heard about is nicer than winter here,
Carolina
Last time we chatted I had just gotten home from San Pedro. Not too much has happened since then. I have been busy with school, but now I am all done!!!
So, I have happily managed decent grades here as far as I know. Some of them are purely miraculous! I got a 6 in one of my History classes, so that's cool. My lit class wasn't as easy. Here's why: the prof is a nut. I have never had good grades in his class, and he pretty much told me if I don't do well on the oral exam, I won't do well all around. The oral exam consisted of 76 questions! We were told to be able to elaborate on each question for at least 5 mins, so when we picked 3 randoms out of a hat we could talk for 15 minutes. Yikes!! So, I got an extension on a project for CIEE and focused on the oral for a while. I even got a tutor for an hour at CIEE to ensure that I was prepared. I went the very last day I could and took it in his office instead of in front of the whole class, cuz that would just be brutal. So I go in there and pick 3 random questions, 2 yellow 1 green. yellow were the first 30 questions, and green were the rest. In the middle of my answer for the third question he interrupts me and asks what my name is. he gave me a 7 because "i deserved it." damn right!!!!!!!!! and then he goes, hmmm, well you have come to every class, and i can tell youre a good student and i'd like for you to show your profs there in the US that you came to study abroad and was still applied and dedicated, so I'm going to boost your overall grade to a 6 which is equivalent to an A, ok? And i was like whattt??!!!!! But, cool, I'll take it!!!!!!!!! Woohoo!
So, my danza class, which i took thinking it would be fun, turned out to be a horrible nightmare! For that class I had to do a research paper, a dance, and a final. Tatiana and I did our paper no problem. But the dance! Argh! She stopped our group halfway and told us we were doing it all wrong. Not to mention I looked silly because Tatiana used the traditional dress I was going to wear cuz she had nothing and I at least had a little something to work with. Anyway, we ended up figuring it out and she gave us a second chance. Hopefully it went ok. Then I reminded her that she said I could make up my Diablada test (that's another dance we learned) that I missed at the beginning of the semester. Naturally I wasn't prepared, but when she wasn't paying attention the TA quickly helped me remember some of the steps and make a small routine. I'm happy to say I remembered a lot! Anyway, I danced all alone and for only 30 seconds to show her I knew the moves. I wasn't expecting much, but I got a 7!!! She said I danced very well, had great posture and pointed feet, and I had an excellent sense of rhythm, and that I was light on my feet and a joy to watch. I wanted to thank her for being a bitch all semester and giving me a hard time :). I didn't, of course. I think I failed the written test, seeing as I left a good chunk of it blank....oops.
I finally turned in my anthology project to ciee and now I am done!!!!!!!!!!!!! On Friday I leave for a week for Buenos Aires with miss Hillary. I booked us some cool sounding hostels in two different areas. The first 3 nights we will be in San Telmo which is the tango district. Then for the second half we are staying in Palermo which is the ritzier district! I'm so pumped! Then 5 days left....
I've started saying goodbyes which I don't like. It's weird, but since Hillary and I are leaving, it overlaps with when a bunch of people are leaving. Can't believe it! Anyway, I'll fill you in on Buenos Aires after, it will probably be my last post, yikes....
Besitos and I hope the heat I've heard about is nicer than winter here,
Carolina
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