First Day of School

No more sleeping into 11 anymore... I awake at 6 am sharp to be at school by 7 am. (But I do get off at 12pm!)

Where do I start in describing my Brasilian school....I am in a class of about 30 people all around 16-17 years old. English class consisted of watching a movie in Portuguese and reading the English subtitles (which I think helps me learn Portuguese better then it helps them learn English). In Math class, the I could barely hear the teacher because all the students were talking so much. I also did not get anything that the teacher was teaching (partly because I don't know Portuguese but also partly because I had never seen the type of math she was teaching. The beginning of it looked familiar, but as she wrote more numbers and things it did not make any sense....I think it is a different way to do things that I have already learned. I looked farther into the book and saw stuff like Sigma and those things that I have already done...)

Well they have this class called F.H.C. and the only thing that happened was the teacher wrote some stuff on the board and just let all the students talk and do whatever in the class room. She even sat with some students and just talked with them... Haha, its so crazy.

Not all of my classes are so crazy! In many classes, the students and not talking so much and they are taking notes. But some are just crazy.

But, my class mates are very nice! At the end of the very first class one girl came up and grabbed my hand and said "I will show you around" and she introduced me to people and took me around the whole school. They just make me feel very welcome. haha there would always be a group of people gathered around me trying to speak to me. My dictionary would get passes around to people who were trying to talk to me. They asked me what type of music I like and if I had a boyfriend. Haha, they seamed like the normal highschool crowd. They're pretty funny :-)

All in all, I really enjoy school! The girl that showed me around the school (I forgot her name....they are all so hard to pronounce...everything in Portuguese is hard to pronounce...ah its just a hard language over all....) already invited me to her birthday party at the bar (pub) this weekend! Ah I love the people in Brasil, they are SO nice :-)

I had mango today at breakfast. It was SOOO good! haha now that vacation is over and "reality has set in" my family eats a lot more fruits and vegetables. (Which I love!!!!)

I also am hoping to play on the futebol (soccer) team there! Everyone got so excited when I said I played soccer....haha...

Well, thats it for now, I will post more later :-)

Tchau!!! (chow / bye)