Back to School

  Today I went to my school, Colegio Jesus Adolescente. But before I could go I had to go get a new uniform.
  I think my host mother figured I would just be able to fit into Meecha's (their daughter who is inexchange in Romeny) but as soon as I got there she quickly figured out that might not be as easy as she thought. My host mother took my pants and held them up to my leg and they looked something like capri's on me. So on Saturday she took me to a store in town to get new pants and the rest of the winter uniform. She told me it is very hard to find uniforms at this time of year because you normally buy your clothes in March, due to the fact that their schools typically go from March to November. However, I was lucky enough to find one in my size thankfully!
  So this morning I went to school at  9:30 with my host mother and met the director of the school, the teachers, my classmates and Meecha's friends. However my first day of class will be tomorrow. Besides the hemisphere difference school in Argentina is very different than that on the United States. I go to the same school as my little sister Aracelli.  The difference is I will go to school and the morning and Aracelli in the afternoon. My other sister Ana, also goes to school in the afternoon but at a different public school than Aracelli and I.
  I was rather intimedated to go to school today I'm not even going to lie. The comforting thing here is that everyone is so nice and friendly. It must of been pretty easy to tell I was nervous being I got asked about 4 times but the teachers were very friendly and the kids probably even more!
  I was introduced to my class. Unlike at home, the students don't change classes but stay with the same small group of kids for the entire day. All the students in the hallway and in my classroom just stared at my but yelled in excitement and greeted me with big smiles and waves. A few girls pushed around desks for me to sit next to them.
  Another difference between school here and in the United States is that you have two options or tracks to take - Natural or Social. Natural as you may of guessed is more math and science related classes while Social is more history and spanish. The teachers decided that I will be placed in a Natural course until the end of the year and then when i go back to school in March I will be placed in Meecha's social track for the remainder of my stay. I'm pretty excited with their decision because by the second part of my exchange I should hopefully understand more spanish and will not have as much trouble with social than if the other way around. Plus I get a little bit of both worlds this way.
  Speaking of not understanding. That was probably the worst part of school. I've noticed that it is very hard for me to understand anything anyone is saying when there are lots of people around and bad acoustics and my school is a double whammy. It's very hard for me to concentrate but hopefully tomorrow will be better!
  I'm kind of excited for school now, although, I'm still a little nervous. But Meecha told me last night that the exchange students in Argentina are very popular with the students. Everyone is very eager to meet you and help you, and that school is very helpful for your exchange and understanding the language. I think my host mom said that Meecha's friends would be coming over to my house today after school in about any moment and help explain school to me, but like many things here I'm not sure ahahha.Well my mom just came in and I need to go. I've got school at 7:50 tomorrow! Wish me Luck!