Madonna´s Hamburgers
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006So I suppose it´s my turn to discuss Spanish school and the frustrations of learning a new language. For example, my teacher today asked me if I ate McDonalds´ hamburgers. I thought he asked me if I ate Madonna´s hamburgers, to which I responded, ¨No, is that a place or a type of hamburger?¨ He explained what he had actually said, and I said, oh, I thought you said Madonna´s, like the singer or the mother of Jesus, and was trying to picture what type of hamburger either of them might make. He laughed for about a minute, then proceeded to tell me a joke about why women haven´t yet walked on the moon. Apparently, it´s because they haven´t finished sweeping up the earth yet. Get it? I didn´t, for a very long time, mostly because I couldn´t believe someone was telling me that type of joke. Then I didn´t understand it because I wasn´t sure whether it was funny because women sweep a lot or because there´s a lot of dirt on the earth and the job that they´re doing is silly because it will never be completed.
Then, my teacher proceeded to explain to me the following things: 1) 9/11 was perpetrated by the U.S. government; and 2) Ancient Mayan civilization ended because they discovered a way to fly to Mars and that´s where they´re living. Of course, in 5 hours of class, we discussed several other things that aren´t as interesting, like drinking and smoking, religion, polygamy, scandals, and an American diplomat that he met and is now living in Myanmar.
I can´t wait to see what tomorrow has in store.
-Megan (with help from Sarah)
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