... and I´m still not back in school. I´ve got a take-home midterm to do now, and have been assigned more work by my tutor than I would have at UBA. That said, it´s really nice getting to learn one-on-one rather than missing more than half of what´s being taught in the massive, poorly acousticked warehouse classrooms. Even though my Spanish gets better every day, it´s really difficult to pay attention in classes here, and even more difficult to pick up on what the teacher is saying once I tune back in. Anyway, enough complaining.
Probably one of two things is going to happen regarding the toma. There might be a counter-toma, in which the students who oppose the toma invade the campus, or, they might cancel the semester. Personally, I hope they cancel the semester. Middlebury will make sure we get credits, learn good things, etc., but I just don´t see the possibility of continuing after missing over a quarter of a semester. Also, if it restarts, they will probably push the semester til the end of January and, um, we´re not going to stick around until then. One way or another, we´ll get credit. However, it´s frustrating that we can´t even travel in this time "off" because most of us have internships -- 12 hours a week, which is more than the total class time of the Middlebury kids enrolled at the private university here.
Enough ranting. I just wanted to post an update on the decidedly confusing aspect of my study abroad experience. Oh, Argentina....
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