I want to start running more often...I think I'm eating enough bread to counteract how ever many miles a day I am walking and running. LOTS of bread tonight for dinner.
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| you know...just running along the beach |
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| Next to Tierra del Fuego- where we celebrated Girls Night Out, last week |
Class was very interesting today.
It was the first day of the course called Cultures in Contact. Fortunately and unfortunately, it turns out that the teacher is the same for the current events class that follows immediately after...and he is SO intimidating.
We get to interact with Chilenos and share our thoughts about culture in each of our own native countries. Today, we split into groups based on where we are from and each group presented to the class 1)what we are as Americans, Chilenos, Australians, etc.(personal/national identity) and 2) what we thought Chilenos would be like before we arrived.
It's tough to describe what it means to be American to a class of foreigners without sounding overly prideful. After all- most people think that their country is great. We just think we're greater!
I'm espescially interested in what it really means to live in such a multicultural place after last night's homework- a paper: Multiculturalismo, es posible ? (globally)
In my paper, I went on and on about how I thought America was a good example of a working, sometimes dysfunctional, multicultural society.
The only problem is...during class this afternoon the teacher basically negated that idea and said that multiculturalism doesn't exist yet. I'm looking forward to reading his comments on my paper...or being called out in class to explain :/
Lots of homework tonight, better get going on that before I get too tired.
SO many good movies on TV right now...currently watching Volver.
Until tomorrow,
Lesley
