argentinaaaaa!!!!

¡Hola! Me llamo Robin. Soy de Montana. ¿Y tu? ¿Como te llamas? ¿De donde eres? I cannot even begin to explain how many times I have had to “learn” those few sentences and then regurgitate them five hundred times in the past two weeks that I have been here in Buenos Aires. Those are probably the most basic sentences of Spanish, and even though I do not know crap about Spanish, I knew those before I came. Now, I could probably find a way to say them with my mouth taped shut. Anyways, I’ve always been really interested in people. I think that is why I have flown away from the nest so many times (my bird name really does fit me pretty well). I started studying abroad and leaving home in high school. I lived with an Italian family my junior year of high school, went away to college across the country to a school that none of my peers even knew existed, and am now living with “Mama Marina” in Argentina. I just cannot seem to keep my feet still: always got to keep flying. My concentration is titled “Inequality in the Americas,” and it flew me all the way down here to South America. Through a sociological lens, I am looking into how economic and political systems cause inequality, and what the effects of inequality does to people. And, how can we really judge inequality and the values in someone’s life? Through my journeys, I have crossed paths with many poor people who felt that they lived very rich lives. It all just intrigues me so much. But do not ask me what I am going to do with this concentration or what kind of money I will make because to be quite frank, I have no idea, and I don’t give a damn! I just want to study what I like, and this is what I like. Though extremely boring, most of my classes here are very relevant to my concentration. Argentina has a very intense history, and I am diving face first into it. It has only been about two weeks since my arrival, and I already have a bucket load of crazy stories: friends getting mugged by ten year olds, soccer games (Brazil vs. Argentina), concerts, and estancias to name just a few…Get ready guys, I am about to open your eyes (along with my own) to the bumpy roads of Argentina.

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