Rhodes Scholar; no. Punctual; you bet.

I now communicate at the level of an underperforming pre-schooler, which actually isn´t all that bad considering that when I arrived, i was equivalent to a 2 year old who insessantly craps his or her pants. My spanish classes finished up on Friday and I was handed a report card when i left the school. I had no idea my linguistic comprehension and general demeanor were being recorded.

I had a vague idea on how the school felt about my abilities, as they made me repeat 8 chapters and then put me with inherent underperformer, Shoshun (Korean), who worked 10 hour days after classes, never did any of his homework, and would stall for 5 minutes whenever he was asked a question. (ex: Carlos habla ..................no, no, no. Pepe habla.............).

My report card broke down as follows:
Excelente: Asistencia (Attendence), Participation y Punctualidad.
Bueno (Good): Motivation
Regular to Insuficiente: Comprehension Oral, Vocabulario, Gramatica y Tarea (homework).

While i may suck at what i do, at least i show up. on time. and participate with mediocre motivation and penmanship.

Also, as a general warning: While talking about the world 30 years from now using the future tense, Shoshun informed the professor and I that the world is going to "terminar" via one large bomb. I guess we can take comfort in knowing that the neither the U.S. nor Russia will be involved. Pakistan and India however, Shoshun is watching you.