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Well, i think i have finally recovered from the poopy illness. that[s a relief. oh, back to no apostrophes. why are all these keyboards different! no question marks either that i can find yet, so the exclamation will have to stand in. Today I went to a great little spanish class at the biligual institute and we talked about what is more important, your heriditary characteristics or your environment. And then we learned about possessieve pronouns that are meant to be more emphatic that I have already forgotten. I'm going to sign up and begin on Monday.
I started my internship with the organization Fundacion de Apoyo Infantil. I sat in front of the computer yesterday for 6 hours while they mopped the floor behind me with undiluted Lysol, and researched federal and state environmental laws in Mexico. There are some real contradictions between the two. Surprise, surprise! The law office that I was going to work for has diasappeared, even tho 2 weeks ago they were supposedly in business. Hmmm. And the reforestation project does not have enough funding to begin for at least 2 weeks. Some major disappointments.
On the other hand I snuk into the Conference for Women and Globalization for 2 days last week. I was going to intern for the Organization who put it on, the Center for Global Justice, but when Shanti and I went to their office/house, it was just way too weird. No one was speaking Spanish, I was introduced as the new intern, even tho I had yet to promise anyone anything, the man running it had eyebrows that stuck out a foot if a millimeter, and they were mad that i wasn't going to be living at the center. There were just some odd, fringing on negative, vibes happening and i didn't want to be a part of it, especiually since i found out later that very few of the people who work there actually speak Spanish! And they live in San Miguel! The conference, however, if any indicator of the happenings at the Center were all-telling. The first lecture, on water crises was great. The conclusion of it was when you think of a crisis in water, you must instead think of a crisis in water management. I'll have to do some research on that, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were true. The next two were alright, but the fourth one was entertaining to say the least, altho not in the way the speaker intended it to be i'm sure. He was speaking about how we should not use the word socialism in Latin America because it's become a dirty word. He went on to say, and I wasn't sure how these were related, but that Mexican women were not aware that it was illegal for their husbands to beat them and that much of their oppression was in their own head. Sorry? People were standing on chairs, pointing their fingers, shouting, you're a liar! What's your problem?! I'm leaving, and it's all because of you! People were gong way over their allotted 2 minutes, yelling at the poor interpreter who would have to interpret someone speaking for 2 minutes straight without stopping, that she was wrong! wrong! wrong! They were ignoring the mediator who was trying to calm people down and coax the chair standee down from the chair. It was madness. I was completely appalled at these people acting like kindergartners.
On Wednesday I taught English all by myself to the sweetest little children who called me teacher and held up their homework for me to see. I took a picture, but again, I am at the library using the internet for free and I don't have my hook-ups. You will have to wait. This is getting a bit too lengthy anyways. Basta!