So, big news on a happier note. Leticia has a labtop computer! She is a senior in high school and her family thinks it is a good investment for a future job. She is adopted and the only child of an elderly couple who has a store here. (but before u get swept away with ´wow what an amazing family´ as my first months in site always had that naivity, she was treated like an adopted child, ´put to work endlessly, sometimes hit with the leather cow whip they have here). But Leticia has a computer WITH INTERNET!!!!!!!! you can buy this inserted wireless device that is through your telephone company. While marveling over her new computer, she asked me ¨marianna, i am afraid that my computer can get viruses, could i get AIDS from my computer¨? I explained that we use the word virus to explain something that can cause damage to your computer but only your computer. they arent human viruses. I didnt go into the AIDS talk, especially with her mom nearbye. AIDS is sensitive topic, but the necessity to teach a health class is greater. Soon, i will.
Peace Corps Memory Imagine walking into your host family's small dark, humid, dirt floor, home with two bags. All you can think of is how much stuff you have. How in these two bags you have so much stuff, worth more than anything in this home and all your host family's possessions put together. How come you have so much stuff? In the US two bags for two years isn't much, but here it seems ridiculous someone would even own this much. Why do i need so many clothes? I have an iPod! Wow I need to hide that! You are shown to your room that you will be sharing with your host sister. she has a nice smile but is timid like yourself. Your language in either Spanish or Guarani is lacking, and so you sit. A few days later, you know its important to get out and see the community. They teach you this in training, so you decide to go for a walk. You come upon a home and you clap twice, the greeting that lets anyone know you are entering their property, and say Mbaechipa, the greeting yo...
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