Today I will be flying to Buenos Aires, Argentina to take part in my Work Experience. Although I will not be working in a space today, I thought it important to share a few key details about my work experience before I begin to blog about my experiences each day. After visiting Quilmes Argentina last year for my World Language Exchange I came home knowing that my time there wasn’t done. I learned a lot about the higher education process in Argentina from my host parents and the educators around me and it differs a lot from the process here in the United States. The testing, high school education, and public information and media regarding education differ. For students seeking higher education especially if they want to attend university in the United States, the transition is daunting and misguided. After a lot of reflection on the information given to me and my time in Argentina I decided that I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to pursue in the future but it confirmed that I did want to be an educator and that the only thing that differed from my childhood days where I would stomp around the playground saying confidently that ” I wanna be teacher when I grow up!” would be that now I would find some way that I could work in a Latin American country with fluency in Spanish so that I could effectively aid students in their education process. While I am in Argentina I will be spending most of my time in Quilmes High School with some time in two other schools by the name of Jardin De Cristo Obrero and Colegio Mancedo.
Before observing classes and professors I was asked to spend time researching different materials and topics so that I could be properly prepared to offer my insights to the class. I thought that was really cool because similar to a “real” teacher one day I will have to prepare myself with the course work I will teach. Therefore I am currently researching World War II, The Rain Horse by Ted Hughes, The Gulf War (Iran, Iraq, Saddan Hussein), and analyzing a poem ” The Kraken” by Tennyson. I am confident that this experience will teach me an abundance of things and confirm or deny the ideas of what I want to do when I am older. However, due to the fact that my experience is almost completely structured and fit to my needs of what I want to observe, I know that even if it doesn’t look the way I thought it would, this opportunity will be a chance for self-discovery. I am excited about everything my work experience has to offer and I look forward to sharing all the incredible details through the blog!
