Segundo Dia

Our second day at the school was great. The students are so bright and curious about us and our culture. In the halls the students from other classes all want to practice their English on us by saying "hello, and how are you?" We are working with what they call junior 3 (third grade)throughout the day and taking the last hour to work with some upper grades. The first part of the day is all in Spanish, and the second half is all in English (including break time outside in a beautiful courtyard where they jump rope or play futbol or cards) Today we went up to junior 6 and the students had prepared some questions to ask us. They are working on interviewing skills like taking notes which are collected and graded by their teacher the following day. The students' questions were great and their interest in our lives in America was flattering. The only confusion I had was when one young man asked me how did I get up this morning? I told him I have an alarm set on my cell phone, to which he re-stated his question, did I feel good this morning (como te sientes hoy cuando levantes?). This is just one example of the type of kindness that we have found to be typical of our new friends in Argentina. Another friendly exchange worth mentioning was our adventure for helado a noche (ice cream last night) where we were welcomed to try small spoonfuls of each flavor, nothing like some taste testing to break the language barrier, and for a minute I felt like I was at 31 flavors until we sat outside to enjoy a lovely patio seat and to watch the tall palms that line the road sway in the wind.