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Ella Svete: Chileans love their drama

I am starting to get irritated with always getting thrown into the water with my clothes on.

First it was, “Gringa to the shower!” and now it’s, “Gringa to the pool!”

I was having a nice time with my classmates at a barbeque for our class, basically a celebration of school being over. I was sitting there talking in Spanish, actually giving input into a conversation and making people laugh (actually I haven’t figured out if they were laughing with me or at me). Then suddenly, I was picked up from my seat and thrown into a pool. It was a about 7 o’clock at night and I was already a tad chilly as it was. I had to sit in the remaining sun for the rest of the party hoping my clothes would dry. {sidebar id=65}

I tried to be the laughing exchange student who thinks it’s funny to be soaking wet at a party, but I was pretty ticked off. Luckily I got revenge on the person who threw me in.

We were playing around with the soccer ball, and my friend was holding a glass of Coca-Cola. I haven’t been playing soccer that much here, but it looks like I still have pretty decent aim. I aimed the ball right at his hand causing the glass of Coke to spill all over him. He was really mad, but that’s what he gets for throwing me into a pool with jeans on. Wet skinny jeans are the most uncomfortable thing I can imagine.

Also, for all of the Foothillians in Spanish writing down and translating those songs, it definitely pays off if you ever come to South America.

I have heard all of the songs we have ever sung in Spanish 1 and Spanish 2. I am honestly surprised. My friends here all think it’s cool that I can sing some songs in Spanish. For that, I thank Señor Sanchez and Señora Leaf.

It looks like the technique of teaching a language through songs is pretty common. The other day in English we did the exact same thing. It was really fun because everyone got really into it and we were dancing and singing and it turned in to a whole karaoke deal.

It was kind of embarrassing when I got a few of the blanks of the songs wrong and everyone else got them right. My friend and I were arguing over how a Jonas Brothers song goes and it turns out she is more up to date with her Jonas Brothers songs.

The English teacher and I have a little routine going. When he writes something on the white board and it’s spelled wrong, or a few of the words are switched around I just sort of shake my head or whisper to a friend that it’s wrong. I only did this because I didn’t want to embarrass him in front of the whole class. He finally noticed what I was doing and told me to just go on up to the board and correct him. He even gave me a pen so I can erase whatever he did and correct the wording.

Of course my class can’t help but embarrass me so every time I speak in English or write something in English they clap and cheer and there’s always one “I love you!” thrown in there. I get so embarrassed and red, and then all of my close friends laugh at me so I get even more embarrassed!

Last week I had to be the host for our English carnival and luckily I didn’t get that embarrassed or red because literally no one understood what I was saying. My “co-host” speaks the best English I have heard while I have been here. I guess he is the only person who paid attention in their whole 9 or 10 years of English class.

The only time I stumbled was when all of his friends started shouting “The kiss! The kiss!” I just sort of laughed in the microphone and said “Um..” super nervously. They usually say “Un beso! Un beso!” but since it was an English carnival they thought that “kiss” was more appropriate.

Chilean’s sure do love their drama. Or just embarrassing the gringa.

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