Showing “the family” around this world got me thinking that it was up to me to show off this city. No one else in my family had ever been to South America. Brazil is the first place we’ve traveled as a family where my parents didn’t organize, 
schedule and plan anything to do. It was all up to me to take them to the famous spots in Curitiba but still, give them a local experience. This city, would not be called a tourist destination, but I wanted my family to see all the things I love about it.
Well, we did get some weird looks. Maybe it was the blinding white legs as we entered the bus or how fast we spoke in another language back in forth to each other. I think the weird looks we got were the Brazilians trying to follow along or understand one or two words out of the whole conversation. It could have also been that we were wearing shorts and flip flops like it was summer when actually, it was winter in Curitiba.
After covering every square foot of the city and seeing every location that meant something to me, we had dinner with each host family. Each night a new host family would treat us to a meal I either suggested or just wanted my family to try. They loved the generosity of my host families. The food was a little different then what we eat in the US, but its good my family was willing to try everything. It’s interesting what you get used too!
of the day off, but coming back my senior year, the school day is going to seem like an eternity. My school is known for students that are good with technology or want to become a mechanic. My classes are in normal subjects, but the topics taught in the class are gibberish to me because I have not been studying Sociology or Physics. Its hard enough in a new language. I am basically attending a semester at a university for my junior year because here “junior year” they study for “the biggest test of their lives.” For those of you that have never heard of this before its a test about every subject out you learn in school and the more you pass helps them get into college. So as an exchange student only studying here in school for a semester its pointless if I spend it studying for a test I won’t even take. So instead of re-taking my sophomore year, I am enrolled in a level higher (senior year).
same. The picture on your right is a picture of the way they number the rooms. I can’t compare that to other universities in Colorado because I haven’t gone to college, yet, but compared to Summit High it’s not normal for me. The classrooms are empty because the teachers move around from building to building just as much as us. Many students do not speak English in my school, at least they are shy to speak up when the teachers introduce me. So for those that try to get to know me, I type their sentence into the translator… but the daily questions I seem to get are “Do you smoke weed in Colorado? Are you voting for Trump or Hillary? Why did you choose Brasil? And How long are you here?” Not very many teachers can speak English either but as I present myself to them they are super welcoming, I can’t say its easy to understand what they say because of my Spanish, but it certainly helps. Each class is with a new set of people so I can’t seem to find one person I have multiple classes with. On the bright side, I will have friends in a bunch of different groups.
