If any of you manage to get the reference in the title, I will love you forever. Just saying.
Anyways.....hmmm whats been going on the last couple weeks? I feel like i'm actually starting to understand the spanish language. Well, Kinda. There are moments when i'm all "effthisidon'tunderstandanything" and then there are moments when i'm all "yayicanactuallyunderstandstuffhellyeah" It's a bit of a rollercoaster.
Remember that book that I have to read for Lengua class that I talked about? well, I hate to answer questions about it. My teacher was not very feliz con mi trabajo. I don't think she gets that I don't speak spanish!! I'm legitly concerned. Well I have to read another book and i'm hoping it goes better this time....Ojala.....
Last weekend I went to Madrid with some amigas. It was quite fun. We pretty much just walked around the city and took pictures with random statues. I even ran into an Australian lady on the street and chatted her up. It was nice to speak english with someone. My spanish friends looked so very confused. It was great
Tomorrows Halloween. Apparently here, Halloween isn't a big deal like in the EE.UU. But i'm sure it will be fun
Buenas Noches Y Buena Suerte
Annelise
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Today and Some Thoughts About Tomorrow
So I decided to write about today. Don't really know why but here goes.
The morning began interestingly. My host mom (who works at my school) overslept so I ended up getting to school late. In retrospect, I should've woken her up but oh well. The first class I had today was history. The teacher is usually super bitchy to kids who show up late but she was suprisingly nice to me. Maybe its my foreign charm ;)
Next was Economia (econ). It wasn't a particularly eventful class. As usual my teacher talked alot, I didn't understand anything, and I giggled at how my classmates pronounce "Adam Smith"
Next was supposed to be math class but my teacher didn't show up so we got to hang out outside near the basketball court and talk. A classmate of mine had a sandwich and bit it to be in the shape of Spain. I wish I had gotten a picture of it. And then we she started to eat it another girl said "Oh no, You just ate Gallicia!"
Next was Recreo (break) I walked around the street with two other girls, bought a Coke, and delt with the fact that my new boots were killing my feet. fun stuff :)
After this class was Lengua (Spanish Class) I don't like Lengua cuz I don't really do anything. A few weeks ago my teacher approached me and told me the lessons would be imposible for me. So now I read books in spanish during class and don't participate in the lessons. Its pretty hard to concentrate when the teacher's blabbing away.
Next were my two english classes. First was Oral English. We did this activity to learn about roommates and apartments (or should i say 'flats' since the class is all British English) I like this class cuz I feel smart for once! The next english class is reading and writing which is kinda boring. We read a story about Spaniards that moved to Australia and how they were shocked that there are more sheep than people down under. Later I read a story in the workbook about culture shock. I laughed because I could relate to everything that the author said in the story (hes a Spaniard who lived in Scotland for a year) Everything he said about food, language, and homesickness was sooo true. While reading the story i kept saying "amen to that" in my head.
Anyways, i'm sure all of you know that tomorrow is October 20th. Theres an event page on Facebook that says that tomorrow many people will be wearing purple to pay respect to the victims of the recent suicides due to bullying based on sexual orientation.
I don't know what its like to be bullied for being gay, but I do know what its like to be bullied. It sucks. Ok, that was a bit of an understatement but its true. You feel lonely, angry,and you wonder what you could've possibly done to deserve such treatment. The truth is, no one deserves treatment like that. I really wish we would stop teaching kids that "sticks and stones" bullshit. Words hurt. They hurt like a bitch. I think we all need to realize that its perfectly normal to be hurt by words and how to overcome them. I only don't necessarily believe that bullies persecute people because they feel bad about themselves. I think they bully for kicks, just to make themselves look powerful. And then you have the 'unintentional' bullies who say mean things to people for the sake of being 'funny'. Nothing is funny about making someone hurt. Some people are so fucking stupid.....
Well, I'll be wearing purple tomorrow. I can't decide on my purple hoodie or my new purple shirt. I have some time to decide.
Until next time!
Buenas Noches y Buena Suerte
Annelise
The morning began interestingly. My host mom (who works at my school) overslept so I ended up getting to school late. In retrospect, I should've woken her up but oh well. The first class I had today was history. The teacher is usually super bitchy to kids who show up late but she was suprisingly nice to me. Maybe its my foreign charm ;)
Next was Economia (econ). It wasn't a particularly eventful class. As usual my teacher talked alot, I didn't understand anything, and I giggled at how my classmates pronounce "Adam Smith"
Next was supposed to be math class but my teacher didn't show up so we got to hang out outside near the basketball court and talk. A classmate of mine had a sandwich and bit it to be in the shape of Spain. I wish I had gotten a picture of it. And then we she started to eat it another girl said "Oh no, You just ate Gallicia!"
Next was Recreo (break) I walked around the street with two other girls, bought a Coke, and delt with the fact that my new boots were killing my feet. fun stuff :)
After this class was Lengua (Spanish Class) I don't like Lengua cuz I don't really do anything. A few weeks ago my teacher approached me and told me the lessons would be imposible for me. So now I read books in spanish during class and don't participate in the lessons. Its pretty hard to concentrate when the teacher's blabbing away.
Next were my two english classes. First was Oral English. We did this activity to learn about roommates and apartments (or should i say 'flats' since the class is all British English) I like this class cuz I feel smart for once! The next english class is reading and writing which is kinda boring. We read a story about Spaniards that moved to Australia and how they were shocked that there are more sheep than people down under. Later I read a story in the workbook about culture shock. I laughed because I could relate to everything that the author said in the story (hes a Spaniard who lived in Scotland for a year) Everything he said about food, language, and homesickness was sooo true. While reading the story i kept saying "amen to that" in my head.
Anyways, i'm sure all of you know that tomorrow is October 20th. Theres an event page on Facebook that says that tomorrow many people will be wearing purple to pay respect to the victims of the recent suicides due to bullying based on sexual orientation.
I don't know what its like to be bullied for being gay, but I do know what its like to be bullied. It sucks. Ok, that was a bit of an understatement but its true. You feel lonely, angry,and you wonder what you could've possibly done to deserve such treatment. The truth is, no one deserves treatment like that. I really wish we would stop teaching kids that "sticks and stones" bullshit. Words hurt. They hurt like a bitch. I think we all need to realize that its perfectly normal to be hurt by words and how to overcome them. I only don't necessarily believe that bullies persecute people because they feel bad about themselves. I think they bully for kicks, just to make themselves look powerful. And then you have the 'unintentional' bullies who say mean things to people for the sake of being 'funny'. Nothing is funny about making someone hurt. Some people are so fucking stupid.....
Well, I'll be wearing purple tomorrow. I can't decide on my purple hoodie or my new purple shirt. I have some time to decide.
Until next time!
Buenas Noches y Buena Suerte
Annelise
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