day 23: back to junior high

new school, new class. i'm one of 4 students in my class ages ranging from 12-15, i'm a year older than the profesor. i feel old and im only 22. there's definitely a different level of maturity in this class, and by a different level i mean no maturity. for 20 minutes they drew faces on their hands and talked like hand puppets. i didn't mind having classes with the 50-60 year olds but this is going to be way different. two of the girls are from the bahamas and all they can talk about is dancing and reggae music but to each her own. i think what makes me most upset is that these little kids know more spanish than me ha. the majority of class time was spent reviewing to make sure everyone was on the same page. after class steve and i walked throughout the town, hit up the supermarket, got a membership to a gym here for $5/week. then the rain hit, steve's family said it rains here everyday at 230pm and as i'm typing this it's 2:21 and just begun to rain. i headed back to my place to do my homework, talked with the family and ate dinner. they're such a nice family and i'm happy to be living with them, even if steve's family is more outgoing. for the night we met up with 5 or so students at alex's and they told us they were going to the casino for the night. we figured what the heck and took a taxi there, which cost $4. it's pretty much like a normal casino except when you walk in they don't id anyone, which was weird because there was a high school student in our group. i think i gambled about $1 and we mainly just sat around, talked, and watched people which was pretty entertaining. they had a house band with some of the most interesting instruments i've ever seen, one guy just beat a stick on a metal can for a while. for me the highlight was definitely when a man proposed to a lady on the stage. i thought it was an interesting place to propose but then again, i've never proposed so what do i know. taylor said maybe it had some special meaning to them, but yet again, i dont know. after that some locals taught steve and i two of the basic salsa steps, which everyone knows how much i love to dance (note: sarcasm). we took a cab home around 1am, good first night i guess.