Today was a particular day. Everyone was wearing Marist stuff because they were having the football game. It was so cool to see everyone so interested in their team. We got to know what aid missions are. I am so surprised that what we do in Argentina is also done here in Chicago. Marists are everywhere. And we are all the same. Some guy said today, we are kind of little Marcellin Champagnacitos. It is shocking to think that they get to give the same help here in the northern end of the continent.
We got to know about the Student Council, and I wish we had that back in Argentina. It is so good. Students talking to each other, discussing important things that DO matter. Everybody has something to do. Everybody gets to find their place in the school and their own spot in their own schools. It really makes me feel like they are building their own high school the best they can. Students that participate there are everyone's ambassadors.
Then we had our soccer game against USA. It was so much fun... Except for the fact that I almost passed out. We had to run a lot and they had three teams waiting to get in and play with us. It was a great experience.
After that we had an asado (typical in Argentina) and game time was on. The school band was playing, cheerleaders were singing and the players were warming up. They beat the other team so bad... It was great. Everybody had something to do. If you want to, you can just join the band, cheerleaders, dress up as the mascot or just cheer from the crowd. It was excellent.
Finally we went to Anna Thomas' place and had marshmallows with cookie and chocolate.
Weird fact about Americans: The football team gets to wear their Marist jerseys the whole day when they're having a game.
viernes, 18 de octubre de 2013
Day four
Today was school day. We went to school the whole day. I got lunch with my host sister Erin and was so much fun. She is awesome, I like her. Then in mod H Brother Pat took us out of the class to teach us how to play football.
We got coach Dunne and three senior players that taught us how to pass and catch the ball. They talked us about the basics of football in order to understand the big game they're having tomorrow against Bennet.
Weird fact about Americans: They wear their backpacks with the straps as low as they go. I mean, they are almost touching the floor. And they are SO big! It seems they are carrying a corpse around. There's no fashion backpacks.
We got coach Dunne and three senior players that taught us how to pass and catch the ball. They talked us about the basics of football in order to understand the big game they're having tomorrow against Bennet.
Weird fact about Americans: They wear their backpacks with the straps as low as they go. I mean, they are almost touching the floor. And they are SO big! It seems they are carrying a corpse around. There's no fashion backpacks.
jueves, 17 de octubre de 2013
Day three
Finally, we got to see downtown.
I've never seen bigger buildings in my whole life. People just look so tiny under such skyscrapers. It is my first big city in America and it was incredible. We got to see the cultural center, the bean, millennium park and the field museum. The museum was SO big. We literally had to spend several hours to get to see everything. We got back to Marist and we went to Kentucky Fried Chicken. I got a Go Cup with 2 chicken tenders and then we took off to go karts. We had a great time at it and then we just hung out at Marty Kelly's place. We recorded a Harlem Shake video and had so much fun.
Weird fact about Americans: They take their shoes off when they get into someone's house as a sign of respect.
I've never seen bigger buildings in my whole life. People just look so tiny under such skyscrapers. It is my first big city in America and it was incredible. We got to see the cultural center, the bean, millennium park and the field museum. The museum was SO big. We literally had to spend several hours to get to see everything. We got back to Marist and we went to Kentucky Fried Chicken. I got a Go Cup with 2 chicken tenders and then we took off to go karts. We had a great time at it and then we just hung out at Marty Kelly's place. We recorded a Harlem Shake video and had so much fun.
Weird fact about Americans: They take their shoes off when they get into someone's house as a sign of respect.
martes, 15 de octubre de 2013
Day two
I think that today can only be described with one single word "intimidating".
I got up at 6:45 am and I just dressed up with my school uniform. You should have seen my host families faces. They were impressed with our uniform. Hannah drove me to school and when we walked through the main door, EVERYONE was staring at us. I mean like, every single person. Suddenly while walking through the hallways, a bunch of guys started shouting "HOLAAA" to me. It's like they have no idea we can speak in English. Another guy asked my host if I was able to talk in English and she was like "uhh duh! Of course he can".
We had a great American breakfast (still not used to bacon for breakfast) in which I got just fruit.
Then we were off to class. I had math class first. Her math teacher is like a non-stopping talk machine. Then we had religion class (in which the teacher just stared at his computer screen the whole time). We had history class about anerican history, which I found really interesting. Then, we had lunch at TEN O CLOCK. How could you American system...? I had lunch at ten am in the morning for god's sake. Who does that?
We had English class which was kind of boring... I almost fell asleep at it. Spanish was next and it was the best class. It's so funny to hear them talking in Spanish. After that we had a junior soccer game but I stayed 20 minutes an left because we were having dinner with the Kelly's. We went to Pepe's. It's a Mexican food restaurant that was really tasty. After that we had kind of a party at Hannah's place that was awesome. We had so much fun today. I really had no clue how an American school is like and now I'm getting to know it. So I'm just leaving the dream, you know...
Weird fact about Americans: THEY KEEP ON IMPLYING THAT ARGENTINA'S PREHISTORIC AND I HATE IT!
I got up at 6:45 am and I just dressed up with my school uniform. You should have seen my host families faces. They were impressed with our uniform. Hannah drove me to school and when we walked through the main door, EVERYONE was staring at us. I mean like, every single person. Suddenly while walking through the hallways, a bunch of guys started shouting "HOLAAA" to me. It's like they have no idea we can speak in English. Another guy asked my host if I was able to talk in English and she was like "uhh duh! Of course he can".
We had a great American breakfast (still not used to bacon for breakfast) in which I got just fruit.
Then we were off to class. I had math class first. Her math teacher is like a non-stopping talk machine. Then we had religion class (in which the teacher just stared at his computer screen the whole time). We had history class about anerican history, which I found really interesting. Then, we had lunch at TEN O CLOCK. How could you American system...? I had lunch at ten am in the morning for god's sake. Who does that?
We had English class which was kind of boring... I almost fell asleep at it. Spanish was next and it was the best class. It's so funny to hear them talking in Spanish. After that we had a junior soccer game but I stayed 20 minutes an left because we were having dinner with the Kelly's. We went to Pepe's. It's a Mexican food restaurant that was really tasty. After that we had kind of a party at Hannah's place that was awesome. We had so much fun today. I really had no clue how an American school is like and now I'm getting to know it. So I'm just leaving the dream, you know...
Weird fact about Americans: THEY KEEP ON IMPLYING THAT ARGENTINA'S PREHISTORIC AND I HATE IT!
lunes, 14 de octubre de 2013
Day one
It is strange to think that just 48 hours ago I was sitting on the sofa playing grand theft auto 5 and now I'm living here in Chicago. It is strange to think that these people live on a daily basis that is si much different than ours. And maybe, just maybe, our families are similar. A working dad, a housemaid mom. An old, independent sister, the middle one who thinks that everyone's against her, and the spoiled baby sister. It sounds like a normal family. How is it though that these people live on the other side of the globe, speak English as a first language and still go to school like everyone else does.
My family is the best family I could have asked for. Everyone sent me emails before coming, and here, everybody's so nice and caring. Today, we went to lighthouse outlets in Michigan city. We spent the whole day shopping there. Some of us came back with just a few new stuff... The others came with bags and bags full of new things to use.
The strangest thing in the whole day is: shopping for us Argentinians is special here because everything is so cheap and seems to have durability. But what about them? Are they excited for shopping as we are? Is it as cheap as we think it is for them? If they live here, they must have shipped their brains out in order to stop doing it because of the prices.
It was a great day to get to know everyone's hosts before facing the jungle (school)
My family is the best family I could have asked for. Everyone sent me emails before coming, and here, everybody's so nice and caring. Today, we went to lighthouse outlets in Michigan city. We spent the whole day shopping there. Some of us came back with just a few new stuff... The others came with bags and bags full of new things to use.
The strangest thing in the whole day is: shopping for us Argentinians is special here because everything is so cheap and seems to have durability. But what about them? Are they excited for shopping as we are? Is it as cheap as we think it is for them? If they live here, they must have shipped their brains out in order to stop doing it because of the prices.
It was a great day to get to know everyone's hosts before facing the jungle (school)
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