Saturday, June 26, 2010

My last Day of School

My last day my stomach was killing me. Luckily no tortillas were served for breakfast. Instead she made pancakes. They were sweet like crepes but thick as a pancake and as big as a dinner plate. Fortunately, they did not eat them with syrup. I probably would have barfed since I can hardly bear the smell when I am well. Gustavo ate them with cream cheese and Mama ate them with honey. I tried both but preferred them plain.
Now onto my last day of school. I videoed my entire walk there so you could see the city. I was definitely nervous to do my presentation and I didn't feel well. The school director sensed I wasn't well so she went off to get me some herbal syrup. Meanwhile class started. We were learing future tense! My stomach was hurting and I was so confused that I almost started to cry. Luckily John was with me and cleared up my confusion. Then Daniela arrived with the herbal syrup and cleared up more confusion. I took one giant T-terrible spoonful of the medicine. It was so bitter and disgusting that I almost vomitted in my mouth. However, I felt better about 15 minutes later. Class continued and we reviewed body parts and she only looked at our homework. We didn't even have to say it. I had a few minor mistakes.
Our last lesson was on question words and stems. Our final assignment was to come up with five questions and then go to Costa Rica University and ask some students. There are several universities in Costa Rica. CRU is apparently comparable to Harvard. It is very difficult to get in to. The main campus is in San Jose but there is a branch here in San Ramon. John and I were able to work together. We came up with the usuals like what is your name, major, age. How long until you finish? But our favorites were do you like to drink beer and do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? Off we went to CRU. First our teacher gave us a tour. It was very similar to colleges here but the classrooms were a little old school. John did all the stopping of people. I was too shy. The first girls we talked to were in the social sciences and were only 19 and both had boyfriends. Our next set of girls were studying psychology and philosophy. They were 20 and both had boyfriend and did not like beer. Our last question asking group was large. Class had just ended and John stopped all of them. There were 12! They were all in IT and were a funny group. Most of them liked beer especially one who must be the partier of the group but the funny thing was none of them had a boyfriend or girlfriend. I guess nerds/geeks are universal! John even said this but he said such a wordy sentence they didn't understand. In Costa Rica if you are nerdy you are called verde. I guess when you get green marks on your paper that is excellent. That was the end of class! We walked back and I paid my bill. I was super sad!

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