Spanglish doesn't fly

School officially started on Monday
when i told my friends back in the US they were immediately jealous
"So you've been bumming around this whole time!" No not exactly. I've been taking Spanish prep courses and getting acclimated to a completely new environment, which of course at times has been hard, but also amazing

However a small Spanish prep class is nothing compared to full blown literature and history in another language

quickly, i learned Spanglish does not fly

I was making it through my classes for the day. History wasn't half bad. Hispanic American Literature was alright. But then I got to Introduction to Literature, a class that I believed would be interesting. How are the fundamental concepts of literature taught in a different country? However I was mistaken when I believed that because it was an intro class I could breeze through and remain an innocent bystander in the classroom. Instead I was asked to creatively introduce myself and give my own definition of the meaning of literature. In Spanish.

The class was patient with me however, as I tried my best to mentally translate my ideas from English to Spanish. Every now and then I would mistakenly say a word in English only to receive a little glare from my teacher. This glare was the "sorry bud your not in Kansas anymore, rev up the Spanish"

In a way its a good thing
Why should I be accommodated because I don't fully know the language of the country?
It's my job to adjust to the culture here not for it to adjust to me.

So in my daily life I've made some changes. No more watching TV in English. Talk more extensively with all the members of my family even though its difficult. Try desperately not to speak English to the other exchange students here (this is by far the hardest).

It's tough. But when my spanglish goes from spanglish to spanish
it'll all be worth it