"You Don't Understand."

      So I have this teacher, right? And there's only one word that really sums up her essence. A word I would rather not share on the world wide web. Anyways, this teacher of mine...So she had Tabea and I do an assignment for her over the weekend and turn it in to her yesterday, personally, in the department of humanities on the day we don't even have her class. That is how important this paper is. So yesterday we go to the office and hand her our papers. She thanks us and we head out. We were just about to clear the door when she stopped us. At first we thought she just wanted to talk to us about the subject (Descartes). Fine. So we go to her. Then it happens, and at this point I bite down on my tongue. She pulls out a pair of scissors and motions for us to cut the fringe off of our papers. Presentation is key. Muy importante. Es mejor, no? Oh my gosh. I almost died. I burst into laughter as soon as we were out of sight. This lady is a crazy. Her expression was filled with an evil smirk. I believe she feeds off our pain.
     Today, we actually have philosophy class. She calls me Alice and hands me my paper. Alex is a Spanish name also, but it's mainly for boys. I know she knows how to pronounce it. Oh well, I don't even know her name, but I think you all know how I refer to her. Anyways. I get my paper back. She is one of those red pen happy teachers. Needless to say it looked like the pen exploded onto my fringeless paper. At the bottom of the page she had 3 points (they were numbered and everything). She basically told me three times that I had 1. not understood the assignment and 2. just did not understand the material. She actually crossed out an entire paragraph of my essay. On Tabea's paper she told her that her paper had a very bad presentation (as in appearance, because that's what's important...), that the translation was bad, and that she also did not understand. All I could do was laugh. She said nothing about a good effort to right a philosophy paper in Spanish and do it in a weekend and cut off fringe or anything. Lady, I don't care if you give me a negative ten, as long as I learn Spanish. Dios mio.
     On the other hand, I have good news about other exams. I received my history of art and literature tests back this week. On the art test I got a "B" for "Bien!" hahahaha. I'm so happy! They don't have letter grade here and they don't even know their significance, but I thought it was ironic. My literature teacher didn't give me a grade, but she went through my two pages and corrected all the mistakes in the language that I had made. I thanked her after class. It's so helpful. She understands. I'm thankful for her. Plus, I'm really understanding the new book that we started today in there: Madame Bovary.
      Enough about school...I was basically there all day and I don't want to think about it any longer. I ate lunch there with Natalie and then we went to the nearest Eroski where I bought nail polish remover, chocolate for baking, H&S Shampoo, and Herbal Essences Conditioner! Yay. After school, Tabea and I walked to Athena's where she and Dara were just hanging out. I ate a bowl of Nougat Pillows (I was starting to have withdrawals). The we all put on facial masks that Athena's mom sent her. Dara, Athena, and I used the chocolate mud mask and Tabs used this cloth thing that made her look like Mrs. Doubtfire. Creepy. Awe, I love that movie.
       I walked to the school and went home with my host family at 8. We came home and ate dinner. Tonight we had a tomato and cucumber salad and this amazing fish that our maid, Milena, made. It was delicious. Oh, and I had wine with dinner. I love my life. It was good wine, too. Yum. For dessert we had turron, and then yogurt with honey. Aurora, Julia, and I eat yogurt with honey almost every night. It's so good.  After dinner I showered (and used my new shampoo and conditioner!!) and then painted my nails and watched Friends. Now, here I am. Exhausted. It's been a pretty good day considering that it's Tuesday. Now it's definitely time for bed. Goodnight everyone!!! Besos!!!