Blogs from Córdoba, Argentina, South America - page 28

Since the English teacher is out ill, I volunteered to teach English to each of the 12 classes in grades 1-6. It's been a lot of fun and the students are marvelous! Check the photo below. On Friday, we visited the city of Alta Gracia which is about 45 minutes from where I'm staying. We met up with a few other Fulbright Scholars that are staying in Cordoba and enjoyed comparing notes. We visited the Colegio Anglo Americano which was originally founded by the workers of the Renault factory in the city. The goal in the school is for all the students to be bilingual. High School students performed traditional folk dances for us and the local news station was there to record the event. Later, we went to Escuela San Juan de Paul which ... read more

This was my second day at Dr. Nores school. Yesterday the students looked at me as if I were from outer space. But today they came up to me and asked me lots of questions. I observed a second grade language class, a sixth grade P.E. class and a fourth grade math class. I noticed that they don´t use textbooks. All their lessons are copied from the board onto their notebooks. The weather was great today not as cold and lots of sunshine! Hoy fue mi segundo dia en La Escuela Dr. Nores. Ayer los estudiantes me miraban como si fuera de otro planeta. Pero hoy se acercaron a mi y me hicieron toda clases de preguntas. Tuve la oportunidad de estar en una clase de lenguaje de segundo grado, un a de educación física de ... read more

After meeting with the other 15 Fulbright Scholars who traveled from Minnesota, Nebraska, Arizona, New York, California, etc., we flew to the city of Córdoba. Here they say that this city is the "Heart of Argentina" because it´s in the center of the country and because it´s rich in culture and history. We took a tour of the city and learned about the Jesuits. We visited the cathedral, the government houses and the university which is one of the oldest in all of the Western Hemisphere. Tomorrow, since the students are still on winter vacation, my host family is taking me to visit the northern provinces of Argentina. We will be back to Córdoba on Monday. Después de juntarme con los otros 15 becarios del Programa de Fulbright los cuales viajaron de Minnesota, Nebraska, Arizona, Nueva ... read more

Cordoba & Alta Gracia South America » Argentina » Cordoba » Alta Gracia By Nori NellJune 24th 2007Narelle & Paul Hola Amigos! I am no longer in Cordoba, in fact I am in Brazil and left Cordoba what seems like forever a go.... but....I did go there! And left there pretty quickly! I´m sure it´s a great city, I just didn´t really take to it :( Maybe because we had just left Rosario and I had loved it there! Anyway.... we wandered around Cordoba for a day and due to a killer bus ride the night before we headed to bed early! Which is probably the problem, as Cordoba i... read more

Mijn visie van Zuid-Amerika was er altijd eentje van gekleurde gepleisterde huizen, op de tango en salsa dansende vrolijke mensen op straat, onvoorstelbaar grote stukken vlees, mooie donkere gewillige vrouwen en een heleboel Spaans. Bevind ik me even in de omgekeerde wereld. Dat wil niet zeggen dat van mijn verwachtingen helemaal niets is heel gebleven, het wil juist zeggen dat ik me op het zuidelijk halfrond bevind - waar het nu winter is. Iets specifieker: ik bevind me tussen de witte bergtoppen van de Andes, massieve gletsjers, walvismigraties en zo nu en dan op een snowboard. Zo voorspelbaar ik ben en zo jullie van voorspelbaarheid houden zal ik vervolgen met een opgave van de inhoud van deze Hollandse tekstenbrei en beeldensoep. Allereerst zal ik de oplettende lezer belonen voor zijn immer zuiver gerichte aandacht en ... read more