Today on our walk to school, Ally and I realized that we live right next to a preschool. As we passed its entrance, I noticed a little boy that clearly did not want to leave his mother's arms. While she was trying to push him onto the playground, he was shrieking and pulling on her hair saying "no quiero, no quiero!" I sympathized with the kid, I was also feeling pretty attached this morning (to my bed, haha). But just like the small child, I too ventured out into the mysterious land of education.
In class we reviewed different uses of subjunctive conjugations and started to learn about an ancient Peruvian culture called el Chavín. We also spent quite a long time looking at different types of corn. This is included: choclo, boiled choclo, Inka corn, popcorn, popped corn, etc...
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After an extensive lesson about corn, we took a field trip to Lima's capital where we toured the Congress of the Republic. In three weeks, the presidential election will be held. As of right now Keiko Fujimori (daughter of former president, Alberto Fujimori) is the popular vote. In Perú, voting is mandatory. If someone fails to vote, they receive a very large fine. I'm not sure what to think about this law. On one hand, I'm sure it encourages more people to vote. On the other hand, it may cause people who don't necessarily follow politics randomly vote for a candidate. Ally and I had a long conversation about this with our host mother, Aida over some pan y mantequilla. She seemed to more or less agree with the law.
Our field trip didn't end there. We walked down the street to el Museo Afroperuano. At the museum, we learned about the history of slavery in Peru. After a depressing history lesson, our group continued down the street to the church of San Iglesia where we visited the catacombs. The majority of the bones we saw were legs, arms and skulls. The only thing I could think about as we walked through the cemetery was..what happened to all the other parts of the body..?
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