I will now be arriving in Argentina on Monday. It is crazy how a one day strike postponed my trip by 5 days! Although I am upset that my time in class with the Argentinians is shortened I feel even more motivated to fit a lot of things into a short amount of time. Even though I am not in Argentina, I am contacting many of my Argentinian friends and asking questions that would have previously been observed by sitting in class. I couldn’t get all that I was hoping for from the students, but I did get a solid understanding of what some of the classes are like for the Juniors at North Hills. According to what I was told most of their classes are very lecture based. This means that these teachers are catering to auditory learners. This will help me with a project-based lesson that I have planning to do as it will incorporate a different learning style. I am still hopeful that I will have time to interview a teacher from the school so that I can have both perspectives (student and teacher) of how class time is spent.
