Smyrna times., 1963-08-08

NELSON EVERHART
the 10th. | was glad to hear
that there we're AFS'erS at
home. AS far as the twisting
goes, l think If you we're at
the Sc. dance last year you'd
have seen the same. These kids
from Uruguay really twist tool
Oh, Kae better watch it, what's
this dancing with Jeff all night.
Sena will get jealous.
Now to answer your questions
and ask a few of my own.
(a) Is the school you attend
comparable to our high school
or college7
Well 1t is more or less COM
parable to our college. The
school system here runs like
this: A years of '1iceo" (high
school although many seniors
are is, 10 and l7), 2 years of
'preparatoria" This is what
| am going to (the first year,.
Luis has: English, Philosophy,
Analytic Geometry, Chemistry,
Physics, Practical Geometry,
Analytical Math, Practical
Math, Practical Chemistry
Qab), Practical Physics Qab)
and Drawing (MechanicaD.
Some of 1t might be compared
to Prep. School In us. There
are 6-8 years of ''Facultad"
University they are in many
different buildings around the
city. Architecture, Engineer
ing, Medicine, Law are just
a few.
(b) Are you picking up any
thing In school of the subject
matter as well as the lang
uage7 | pick up the most part
of my Spanish In English class
because the teacher will say
something In English and then
in Spanish. Most of the subject
matter Is over my head. But
Analysis is the class Ike.
He gives about TWO or three
pages of lecture every class
but speaks fairly. The first
couple weeks they we're doing
Permutauons and C Combinations
which knew a little about. |
try to take the notes he gives
to practice listening and to try
to catch a thing here and there.
(c) What is the city hke7
Houses7 transportation Com
mercial Buildings7 etc.
Well the city is bigl 1t is
cosmopolitan. Just plain big
city. There is a downtown
with most of the shops, etc.
''l8 de Julio" is the big street,
But all throughout the city on
every other corner is a ''bar".
The word "bar" is used very
loosely. They are really cafes.
The people are the same as
any big city in the world. Some
In mink, some In rags, but |
haven't seen a real dirty sluIn.
There are slums but not real
dirty.
The houses here are almost
all brick, stone or stucko of
some type. You can see a run
down place right next to a spark
Ling abode. There's not quite
the division of real good and
real bad neighborhoods. Of
course there is some differ
ence but not as clearly de-
fined as In US.
The transportation is bus and
taxi. have no idea how many
there are and would not like
to try to guess. There are 4
or 6 bus companies but they
are municipal property. There
are very new, not-so-new and
old buses. Usually I'm on the
not-so-new or old. They don't
have any doors at the back
and many times Luis and |
have had to run and hop on
while they are leaving. The
commercial buildings are the
same : Big.
(d) Mccormack Steamship
No but I'm working on it.
(e) How come you get up so
late and stay up so late7
get up late because / stay
up latel stay up late because
that's the way 1t is around
here. ''When In Rome do as
the Romans do. There is really
very little to do In the morn
ing. AS far as late hours are
concerned; If the invitation says
a party begins at 900 it starts
at 1000. That's the truth The
people just don't come until
I0l
Q) Do you ever go anywhere
besides school and the Prado7
Yes. But there wasn't much
chance because of school. Now
this week and last Is a va
cation. You will see In the other
letter what we did.
Hasta la vista
Butch
P.S. | received a folder of
I III l.