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Today after our classes we traveled back to the Air Force School to teach the students. Today we had a lot more time than yesterday and were allowed to break into smaller groups with the students. The students were supposed to talk in English, and we were supposed to talk in Spanish, but most of my students, especially the boys were too shy to speak in English in front of me so we spoke in Spanish. We talked about the differences between the cultures. Most of the students were 16 and they told me that 18 years old is the cut-off age for everything in Peru (driving, drinking, piercings, tattoos, etc.) and I told them how the United States has different ages for different things (16 to drive, 21 to drink, 18 for piercings and tattoos, etc.). We also talked about American music. I showed them Selena Gomez on my phone and then they started showing me some music on their phones.
They began asking me if I knew things about Peru. For example, popular authors, popular books, how to dance the salsa, etc. It was embarrassing to answer no to all of their questions because they knew a lot more about my culture than I did theirs. So I asked them to teach me how to salsa, and one of the students did! Soon all the other students from Northeastern in my class were being taught to salsa by students from the Air Force School!
The students at the Air Force School also seemed to be obsessed with taking selfies. I'm not sure why, but often a student who we've never met before will come up to us and just ask to take a picture.
When the time to end class came, I was sad that I had to leave. Talking with the students was so fun and it was nice to learn about their lives growing up and compare theirs to ours. The kids were so excited and sweet. I think they had a really fun time too!
After returning to Miraflores, I went out to get my nails done with some other girls on the trip. It was a lot of fun and we giggled the whole time! The only reason I'm mentioning this here though is because I can't get over the price! A pedicure was 25 soles, that's about $7.62! Wow!

A selfie! Me, Bree, and a student at the Air Force School