¿¿¿¿el no sé QUÉ????

so the ridiculousness of this experience has reached an all new high (ok... it´s really not ridiculous, but my brain can hardly hold all that just happened, so for the moment, it´s ridiculous). about an hour ago i got out of my second installment of ¨literatura española 3." yesterday´s class was rough, but the teacher was just lecturing about naturalism and relativism and who knows what else, so it wasn´t too bad. today, she gives us a piece of work called "el no sé qué" that we were supposed to read, comprehend, and analize, in 15 minutes (i could barely read all the words, let alone understand them in this amount of time). we then continued to all get in a circle (oh, btw, this class is a class with chilean students, so it´s about 1/3 extrajeros like me and then a bunch of chileans that actually know what´s going on) and discuss all the complexities of the story. i was having a hard enough time understanding the words that were coming out of people´s mouth, let alone even beginning to comprehend the ideas behind them, and then the teacher wanted to know what all us extranjeros thought. i wanted to laugh, or cry... i´m so tired now after an hour and a half of solid concentration that seems like it got me no where. then, at the end of class we stay after to talk to the teacher, to find out where we can get copies of the works so we can read them before class so we know a little more of what´s going on, and we realize the extent of the works we´re going to have to read. i´m talking whole, complex, long, intelectual book EN ESPAÑOL. say a pray for me folks, because i´m going to need all the prayers i can get. oh, did i mention the fact that i also missed the first two classes because one of the isa ladies promised me that the classes didn´t started until this week? ugh... i would just not take this class, but i´m afraid if i don´t, i won´t be able to transfer back enough hours. plus this class will give me a credit i need for my spanish major. so i really want to take it, but it´s just going to be ridiculously dificult.

but there´s a little light at the end of the tunnel, because we have a tutoring session set up already and the professora is very nice and seems to want to help, so hopefully all will get easier as my spanish skills increase. i really don´t think it can get harder anyway. ok, well i´m going to stop complaining and go eat some lunch. hopefully i´ll write a more optimistic post soon. many great things have been happening besides this one terrible class. i miss you all. remember to be greatful today as you sit in class (if you´re in class of course) that you can understand the words coming out of your professors mouth. it´s really a blessing!