So yeah, that's the new room. I am now in level 6, which is a completely different world both physically and conceptually (you actually have to walk up a very narrow flight of stairs and across the roof to get there). In my last class I was able to contribute semi-meaningfully to the conversation whereas now I am simply unable to say anything. You see, the subject is politics. While I have been reading the paper for the past week (the slightly right wing La Nacion to be specific), I remain completely uninformed regarding Argentine/Latin American politics. In other words, it is not - as I suspect my new teacher suspects - a lack of spanish vocabulary that keeps me silent, but a lack of information. Luckily, the conversation turned to Human Rights, a subject regarding which I am slightly more informed as it was the subject of my midterm oral exam. So far the class is working out well (i.e. I am actually being challenged by the grammar) and I hope to be able to remain.
This will have to remain a short post, as I have done nothing particularly exciting today. Many apologies dear readers! I shall leave you with some pictures of La Plaza de San Martín and hopes that my next post will be more interesting...
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