Clarifications

I realized a few facts might be useful in understanding the last post.

1. I am taking Kichwa and it is SO MUCH FUN. Jonathan is the only other American taking Kichwa but everyone else totally wishes they were!

2. Kichwa meets Monday from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM and Wednesday from 5:00 – 6:30 PM. However, starting this week I will have a FLACSO class which overlaps with the Wednesday section. As a result, I (along with another girl who HAS ALREADY STUDIED LEVEL 1 KICHWA - why is life so unfair?) have a tutoring session with Jumandi on Mondays from 1:00 – 2:30 PM. Tomorrow is the first of these almost one-on-one tutoring sessions.

If I could choose to have an almost one-on-one tutoring session with James Franco or Jumandi, I would hands-down choose Jumandi. If I could choose to have an almost one-on-one tutoring session with Chuck Bass or Jumandi, I would still choose Jumandi. At the same time, Jumandi has the personality of Chuck Bass minus the endearing vulnerability. He is one demanding professor and as a result I have spent the last four days chanting Kichwa vocabulary to anyone who will listen. I have literally had dreams in which I study Kichwa vocabulary. Nevertheless, I’m almost positive that the minute I get to class my mind will go blank and I will be subject to that damning declaration: “Pero es tan faaaacil.” ¡Chuta!