Back to the books! x4. This could potentially be a new kid's nightmare- foreign country, four alien(shout out to Marian) universities to check out, and in regards to finding the right barrio let alone building let alone classroom, well I guess you just have to have faith. and no fears whatsoever of asking strangers where the hell you are...
could be worse. I could have braces and glasses and an unfortunate mullet-like haircut. oh wait, that was middle school wasn't it....as an aside, the mullet is making an incredible comeback in Buenos Aires. The business in the front, party in the back look graces me with its presence at least 2-3 times a day. It's just glorious.
So the way my program works is that each kid can either a) join an academic concentration, take 3 classes with the other kids in the concentration and 1 class at a uni or b) take 3 classes of their choice at unis, and one spanish class with the other kids in the program.
After finally wading through the swamp of schedules, descriptions, and locations, I am no further ahead than I was before, but am pretty sure I'm taking one class at UCA, one at USAL, and one at UBA. Some possibilities include: Historia Social de Argentina, La Migracion Internac'l a Argentina, Ni~ez y Antropologia, Prehistoria y Antropologia Americana...
UCA: Universidad Catolica Argentina: beautiful, possibly has yoga classes (I've forgotten about the concept of exercise besides walking), seriously Catholic aka no shorts, no revealing clothing, holy crosses in every classroom..I even passed the confession rooms as I wandered through the hallways cluelessly Monday morning.
USAL: Also Catholic and private, but less intense...lots of international kids...more in the middle of the hustle and bustle of the city...close to the place where I found hip hop and tango classes sooo it's officially my favorite! kidding. not.
UBA: public university, everyone seems ridiculously politically aware and motivated, it's incredible- students are constantly handing out pamphlets for protests, discussions, there is anti-Kirchner graffiti everywhere, etc etc.
City life is invigorating, exhausting, family friendly, dangerous, and just a teething center of people on their way to things you'll never know about. I have met Haverford's antithesis. It'll take a while to adjust to this sense of friendly mystery, but I'm down.
mullets were everywhere in spain, too. soooo bad.
ResponderEliminarglad you're having such an amazing time!