Colegio San Agustin

I've had two days of Spanish School now, and pheww what a difference there is between American and Spanish schools.

First of all I don't understand anything any of the teachers are saying (expect for the English teacher when he speaks english). Luckily my wonderful classmates either repeat anything important more slowly, using smaller words or translate it in to English.

Second of all, the class I've had so for, I only switch rooms for so far is my information technology (aka: my computer class) and that to go to the computer lab. The rest of my classes, the teachers switch rooms not students. Also it helps get to know people better, because you're in the same room with them the whole day.

Third, there are no computers in any of the classroom, it teachers want to use the projector, they bring their own laptop.

Fourth, there isn't enough computers for everyone in my info tech class, so some people share a computer.

Fifth, you have different classes every day of the week
      (here's my schedule if anyone cares:

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Sixth, you don't have lockers, but you don't really need them either because you stay in the same room most of the day.

Seventh, in my English class then teacher enforces only the 'only speak English' rule, therefore it's the only class I can follow. I think (if I understood everything my host family was saying right) I'm going to be helping him teacher the class... not quite sure how I feel about that..

We got our first homework assignment on Friday, read the first unit of our philosophy and citizenship book (20 pages). It took me 2-3 hours to translate and understand the first page. But the second page (I only got the first two paragraphs done) went faster.

But hey! I'm pretty sure it can only get better and better from here! :D


  Hasta Luego <3