Hola everyone
My 3 month mark was December 3rd and it's December 9th but the past 2 weeks have been so freakin busy. We have finals coming up next week and the past 2 weeks we've also had exams. The schooling here is so different, so it's taken some getting used to but I think now I have a better understanding of what is going on (I'm still lost a lot of the time, but it's an improvement from the beginning of school).
My exams for next week are the following
Monday-Gym, we have it 2 hours every Monday so the first hour is to study and then we have the second hour to do the exam. Thankfully it is a written test because the kids told me there was a chance that we would have a pratical test (yes that means I would have to show off my great basketball skills)
Tuesday-Lengua, the teacher can just fail me right now. This class is so difficult because it's Spanish literature. Our last exam was reading short stories, explaning the structure of each, the themes, describing the significance of each stanza of a poem. I studied as much as I could but good God, I ended up crying and telling the teacher I seriously can't comprehend this class. He's a really nice and told me he'll make a special exam for me that just has like adjectives, nouns, verbs and basic grammar things.
Wednesday-English and Gallego, Well English I obviously don't have to study for and I don't take the tests for Gallego. Easy day of no studying, just kidding. I'll be starting to study for Thursday's test.
Thursday-CMC, or Earth science. This class isn't too bad, we have to study about 30 questions and then the teacher will pick some random ones, normally 4 or 5 and that's that.
Friday-Math, oh joy. We are doing algebra right now, which I thought would be easier than our last unit but we are doing stuff like second grade equations or something like that. I am so confused but thankfully there is a really nice guy in my class who always is willing to help me with math because I am absolutely lost. So fingers crossed I will pass, who knows.
And then Monday of the following week we might be having a history test. It's either before break or after break, but I'm really hoping before break so I don't have to worry about studying over Christmas break.
Hmm...what else can I tell you about?
So lately everyone has been talking about "Fin de Ano" or New Year's Eve parties. Apparently here it's a big deal here in Spain, everyone goes out and stays out in until super late, like 6 or 7 AM. And what you wear is super important too. Both girls and guys go all out, girls wear dresses that are fancier than when they go out on a usual Saturday night, high heels, and most go to hair dresser too. Most guys wear a tux. But one thing that is definite is that everyone buys new clothes. I am really excited to go our for New Year's Eve, I bought my dress, I will upload pictures to my blog once I have them :)
My Spanish has improved SO much in 3 months, I can't believe it. In the beginning, I could barely understand my host family when they spoke extremely slow, but now I understand almost everything, like 90% of conversation. Now I have to focus on learning more vocabulary & verbs and the other verb tenses as well, but I have time to learn those.
A lot of people have been telling me that I am doing really good with speaking, even though I feel like I am not doing so good all the time. There is definitely improvement from here I started out but I also know I have a lot more to learn. But thankfully everyone is so helpful and wants me to be able to speak well.
I can't believe I only have 6 months left here, the first 3 months have flown by so fast but at the same time I feel like I've been here for a long time. It's difficult to describe but I knew it was going to go by fast. I am excited to see what happens in the next 6 months here.
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