We started the morning by going to a rural school. We were running a little late so we just jumped right into a presentation about Antartica by the husband of the coordinator of the teacher college. It was very interesting. One of the rural school's classes sat with us. It was really cool to learn about how Argentina says they own part of Antartica and how they run the base that they have there. I don't think I could ever live in those conditions. Though the pictures made it look really pretty and it would be cool to see sea lions and penguins in person. I don't think I could handle the cold. It got really cold here and I really didn't like it. But then again I wasn't prepared for 30 degree F weather. They 'fed' us really sweet Mate and some bread during the presentation. That was greatly appreciated since it was freezing in the classroom. It was so cold I had to hunch over to stay warm. One of my classmates that I was asleep so she took a picture of me... :/ After the presentation we just briefly saw the school. I kind of wish I saw more of the school or at least learned more about the school.
From one rural school to a technical high school close by. We went to visit a mining school because it was near by. It was interesting because these students graduate with a degree in mining when the graduate high school. I think that is just crazy. Apparently they could go onto college and get an other degree if they really didn't want to work in mining. There were two brothers that were originally from Argentina but lived in America and came back to Argentina like a year ago. We got to talk to them. They apparently like America better. Or at least school in America. They study like 20 subjects at this technical school compared to the 6 or 7 you study in America in one year. Twenty subjects is a lot! The school is also a boarding school for some of the students. Some live there during the week then go home for the weekend. Six students live in one room. They also have a lounge type room that students can bring their mattresses in and watch TV. Since this is one of the few boarding schools there were some behavioral problems then they got a school psychologist and things are better now. This mining school is, if i recall correctly, around 250 students and only 53 of them are girls. That means when my class of 15 females and 2 males show up the boys were staring like there was no tomorrow. It was quite funny. When we were walking and getting a tour one of the classes had students that were whistling at us, in the derogative way. On the street we think the guys are just pigs but it is kind of funny when high schools are doing it. I still think it is rude and that they are pigs but we couldn't help but laugh. I'm guessing those 53 girls can get a boyfriend real quick if they want one.
We got back and basically had the afternoon to ourselves or we could go help out with an after school activity that my classmate, Dee, came up with. It wasn't the original idea because sometimes you can't get the idea past administration and you don't always get the amount of time you want. Apparently they taught the students the Cha Cha Slide and the students taught my classmates some dances they do in Argentina. I slept and read a book. I was not feeling well.
For dinner, we went to a nice restaurant down the street from our hotel because Tuesday, June 12th is a classmates birthday and we have a planned dinner at our professor's house. It was a good restaurant. I had ravioli filled with ricotta, ham, and nuts with pesto sauce. It was good and filling. I couldn't even finish it. It was funny because I wasn't the only one who couldn't finish so we were passing plates around trying to get other people to eat out food. We left for dinner around 10:30pm so we left the restaurant around 12:45am. Which means I just came back and went to bed.
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