It is amazing how when things start to get frustrating for me...something good seems to happen to make me forget what just happened. Yesterday, the fruit vendor that I usually say hi to or give a friendly wave to stopped me and talked to me for a while....then, he gave me two pieces of fruit. On my walk, I ran into a guy who was a student teacher at the school I work at and he got out of his car and chatted me for a bit...
Today, at lunch the students were trying to explain to me some fruit I don´t know and we all laughed so much... at the Cueca competition, the students I work with were just too cute and fun and I enjoyed watching them dance so much, that I just forgot what had ticked me off so much earlier today. After their competition, they taughted me how to Cueca...I need some practice. Then, this evening at school, we had a BBQ for teachers and it was most enjoyable....so, all the rain disappeared with rays of happiness...and even though it is still raining, I am content.
So, not everyday is easy here. It is hard some times to sit and listened to the teachers telling jokes and laughing back and forth...but, I just missed too much to get it. By the time they explain it to me, it just isn´t funny. Or, they look at me and say....oh mi niña...and then laugh as they pat me on the head...they are good people...
If anything, I am learning what it is like to be a foreigner. People forget sometimes that you are still learning, that you don´t know everything, you can´t understand everything. I can speak well and I can understand alot, at times...but sometimes...I just can´t...I don´t have the right vocabulary or my brain is tired of trying...and when I am nervous or put on the spot...well, sometimes it is like my memory has been wiped clean and I struggle to find any words....
So, just new things to consider when you are talking to an English language learner....remember to be happy they are trying and be patient. :)
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