O Vestibular

minha convite! my invitation!

almost the entire third year in my school!

the older guy is the dj and i was the first american he ever met!

my best brazilian friend!

i actually know all their names.

In Brazil, you can attend college for free! IF, you take this test called the vestibular and your scores qualify. However, every november, there are millions of graduates throughout Brazil competing for the same few spots you are. Its a much bigger deal than the ACT or SAT because the vestibular is what determines if you get in or not. At most you can take ten. Only one per university and you have to choose which curso, course, you are going to study. It's sort of like declaring a major, but more strict. If during your course of study, you decide you would like to change your course, you have to take the vestibular again! Everyone takes the same vestibular, no matter what course you want to study. In order to get ready for this monster of a test, you take o cursinho. Litterally, it means "little course". And that's exactly what it is. Its during the evenings, and for one year you attend classes covering all subjects. My school offers o cursinho. And to celebrate everyone's hard work, they threw a party! This was actually some time ago but I took so many pictures I was dreading putting them on here because the uploader demora, muito! It is very slow! And after lots of time fighting with it, I decided to only put a few on here. It was a great party! One of the first few I went to and at the end, my brain was very tired. And at this party, a friend, a few actually, tried to teach me this type of dance. It was nearly impossible for me. After, I was conviced God accidentally gave me two left feet instead of one right and one left. Dreadful dancing aside, it was a good time.

Today marks the day that I have been in Brazil for ONE MONTH! I can't believe it! Time has flown by! I only have nine more of these left! And in honor of my one month anniversary, I have made myself a promise to speak less English! Porque sou brasiliera, vou comecar falando so portgues. Nada mais de ingles. Entao, acho que voces vai ter que aprender portugues! Hehe. Just kidding. I will make one exception to speak English in this blog and with my non-Portuguese speaking friends and family. But if anyone wants to learn, it's a very cool language! But you might want to wait until I come back to ask me for help. Because right now, o meu portugues ainda e muito ruim! My Portuguese is still very bad!

Thats everything for this post! Tchau! Um beijo!