Revuelve a la escuela

Today we were back at school and learning a new topic. It was the direct and indirect styles of writing which was a new topic for me. Basically these styles of language are common in interviews with direct being what the interviewee says themselves and then indirect being used when someone is repeating what they said later in the day. It was a little complicated because you have to change tenses depending on what tense the direct sentence was in. But once you memorize which tense goes with which in the indirect style it's not too bad. Then after grammar class we started back with preincan cultures and the cultures of Tiahuanaco and Chimu which were both coastal cultures. The culture of Tiahuanaco was actually very influential on the much bigger Huari culture that came a little bit later on in history.  The Chimu civilization was best known for their beautiful metal work and monochromatic art. Tiahuanaco has very famous architecture like the "Gate of the Sun"
   Later that day we had our first day at the Air Force School where we met our student partners and they gave us a tour of the school. The school was a lot bigger than I expected with over 2 thousand students and multiple buildings for classes it was basically a small college. It was much different than my high school that's for sure because at my high school there was no going outside for different classes there was too much snow in the winter. So that alone shows how the climate can change the way schools work here. After our tour we changed partners and got to talk to a new group of students. The girl I was talking to was 15 and she really liked books so she told me how she wanted to see The Fault in Our Stars and how her favorite movie right now is Divergent. It was very interesting and I had a lot of fun. We then had just a little bit of free time and were able to go play volleyball with the students which was a lot of fun because volleyball is one of my favorite sports. We played for a half hour during which I was able to teach one of the girls how to serve overhand she didn't like it though because she said it was easier underhand. We have a planned time to play with them on Wednesday so I can;t wait for that!