What's life like for a teenager in Argentina?
Hi, I'm 14 (8th grade) and from the U.S. I'm going to take a year off from school and will be staying with some family friends in Buenos Aires. I'm not going as an exchange student, so it probably won't count towards my 9th grade year, so I'll have to start 9th grade when I return. I won't be going to an international school of any sort either, and I also can't hold a conversation in Spanish. So some questions: 1. What is the typical schedule of a teenager in Argentina? 2. What food/drinks/dishes are popular in Argentina? (I already know dulce de leche, asado, and mate) 3. What do Argentinian teenagers do in their free time? *4. How easy would it be to pick up Spanish? 5. Do students have to wear uniforms to school? I would try to find this stuff in a library, but all the books I find are from the 80's and just suck in general... so yeaaah (: Thanks!
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It's pretty much the same as in the U.S. Typical schedule involves going to school and then hanging out with friends or doing other hobbies/extra-curricular activities. Italian food is really common, pizza, milanesa (which is a thin piece of either beef or chicken fried in bread crumbs), pasta, gnocchi, empanadas, etc. There are also a few Chinese restaurants and even a few (not very authentic) Mexican restaurants. There are also lots of ice cream parlors, and the ice cream is actually very delicious. Someone your age probably wouldn't be going out to bars or clubs. Even though the legal drinking age is 18 and they are a lot less strict about checking IDs than in the U.S., they do still sometimes check IDs. When I went out, I got carded quite a few times (and I was 20 when I went). You would be doing all the things normal teenagers anywhere do...going to the movies, walking around town, hanging out with friends, playing sports or going to soccer matches, etc. As long as you immerse yourself in the language, which means everyone around you is always speaking Spanish, you will be forced to pick it up. If you continually speak English and those around you speak English, you won't pick it up. It will be hard for the first couple months, but once you start to pick it up, you will learn quickly, and you're fairly young so it won't be too hard. Only students that go to private schools wear uniforms. Hope that helps.
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