I like to think of myself as different. I always thought that I wasn't just a typical American teenage girl, but when trying to explain my American high school experience to people here, I just start to laugh to myself because it sounds so typical. They ask me questions like if I was a cheerleader, if I dated a football player, if I went to prom, if I had a locker, etc. When I say yes and explain those things to them, I get the same response from every person. “Ahhh qué linda” which translated to “ahhh how cute/beautiful”. I think it’s amazing that they find my life back home so fascinating while I see it as normal. Just like I find the things that are most normal to them fascinating. The weirdest thing of all is that now I am starting to see the things that I thought were the most fascinating when I first arrived here as normal. For example, now when the cup of maté is passed to me I don't automatically think “wow this is straw has to have a ton of germs on it” or “wow this is so Argentinian of me to sit here drinking maté with my friends.” It’s crazy that it has just taken a month and a couple of days for me to really adapt to different things in this culture. Of course there are still so many things I am learning about the culture also. I am going to take this time and explain a couple of things that I find a little crazy about this Argentinian culture.
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AuthorHello or should I say Hola! I am Molly McLaughlin. I just graduated from high school in Iowa, and now I am taking a gap year to be a Rotary Youth Exchange student in Argentina! Go to my ABOUT page to learn more. Archives
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