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This week has been another one full of, surprise surprise, new things! I continue to gain valuable new insight into the curiousities of the romanians concerning America and what exactly it is we do there. I am still hearing things that give me the mpression that it is a "grass is greener on the other side" type thing. The movies and tv shows that come form america are a huge influence in their preconcieved notions. I have been in two other classes thus far, one a fifth grade class and the other another twelfth grade class. The two were surprisingly similar. The fifth graders asked amazing questions, not just "have you met the jonas brothers or hannah montana" which i did get asked, but also questions about how relationships are different, what the difference between teenagers here and there were, and many questions about school. What did i like about school and what did i not like. They were very curious and there lust for knowledge was very apparent to me. It was a great experience. I know have a posse of shortlings. The follow 20 feet behind me and my friends, and they always kind of hide when i look back at them, giggling the entire time. It is strange, i feel like some sort of celebrity, akin to the jonas brothers. It is a cool feeling. But i am not going to let it get to my head. ;) The twelfth grade class was also interesting. They were much more terrifed of asking me questions it seemed. Only a handful of students felt comfortable enough to do so. Yet i could tell that they all were interested. They wanted to know if i was like the people in the movies too. They knew i hadnt met the jonad brothers, but other than that, they asked the smae or similar questions as the fifth graders. It was another ownderful experience though. I love sharing my culture with them, as much as i can anyway.
Today i also had my first experience with romanian theatre. I have to admit. I left disappointed. Not in the theatre or the eactors or anythin glike that, in fact i admired them for what they endured. I was disappointed in the audience. Immensly. It was a disgrace. The audience members, most of whom were high school aged kids, were talking loudly, they were jeering at the actors while they were onstage, they were moving around, there were cameras going off, there were cell phones ringing and people answering said cell phones. By the end, during the bows, one of the actresses was close to tears, either that or close to murdering the whole lots of us. I felt ashamed, ebarassed for the audience. My friends assured me that it was just the people who came to this show that made it bad. If i were to go to craiova or bucuresti there many a respectable folk who attend the theatre and it is enjoyable. It was just such a difference. I couldnt imagine being able to do that to people who were performing a rehearsed show for you. It was simply appalling. I wish to go again somewhere else, just to see if it was an anomoly. I hope it was. I would be really sad if it wasnt. This weekend i am going with geo to Rinca, a small town in the mountains, where we will be staying overnight in a room belonging to to one of my friends, andrei badita, who also happens to be my host brother in my third host family. I cannot wait. I have been dying to see the rest of the country. The only other chance i have had is to go to alba iulia, and that was with rotary. This will be different, probably more fun! I will tell all about it when i return. For now i am going to cut this post a little short. I will be getting to your requests in the next blog. I am completley exhausted. This week was busy for me, which is not a bad thing, but i am still completley drained. Goals for the next couple of days: Have fun and take awesome pictures in rinca, leran more vocab, continue work on my essay. I found a person to admire btw. Bode miller. I will be posting the final draft when finished for all of you sceptics out there to read when i am finished. Trust me, i can justify my admiration. ;)