Updates from Argentina

1. Dinner is much later This is true in many Latin American countries. While in the US my family likes to eat earlier than usual (6:30, usually), my host family likes to eat later than usual. 10:00 is pretty normal here, but we eat between 11-12. But it's always delicious. 2. Ways of greeting people While in the US handshakes are common ways of greeting new people, here, people greet each other with a kiss on the cheek (except between guys who aren't familiar with each other, in which case a handshake suffices). 3. School schedules In the US, school usually goes from around 8-9am to 3-4pm. Here, school is split into two schedules. Half of the students attend in the morning, while the other half attends in the afternoon. I am in the afternoon half, so my classes start at 1:30 and go to 7:30 most days. Also, we have a short recreo (recess) in between each subject. 4. Students and Teachers The biggest difference is that students stay in the same classr