¡Hola de España! We are nearing the end of our amazing trip and had our last class and guest lecture today. Professor Augustín Reyes-Torres lectured us on culture and higher education in Spain. He ended and started with the quote, "El que lee mucho y anda mucho, ve mucho y sabe mucho" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra which translates to the one who reads much and walks much, sees much and knows much. This quote showed that applying your knowledge is just as important as constructing it. Some things that stood out to me was that less than 5% of college students are employed during school and that a person cannot be in an undecided major in Spain, it does not exist. He also talked about the admission process for Spanish Universities. Admission is based on the nota de corte which is basically a cutoff on a 1-10 scale. The nota de corte is made up of the average on exams from the last two years of high school and their grade from the university selection exam.
After class, we debriefed with Manu and Eduardo from the ISA to give some final thoughts about the trip. We then had some free time. I went back home to eat lunch with my homestay mom and she shared her stash of chocolate almonds with me. Jenn, Jess, Kylie and I went down to the old quarter after lunch and started at the botanical gardens that also houses cats. While I did hope to see more cats, the garden was very beautiful and calming.
Afterwards, we went to the Roman ruins and it was only one Euro with a student ID. I thought it was interesting to see the 3D designs of what the buildings would have looked like in that time period. I am amazed that there is so much preserved. It also included ceramics that you could see where they had been put back together for the exhibit.
The whole group then came back together to see a flamenco performance. The group performing was a family and it was overall amazing. I was super impressed with the dancer and her footwork and I loved seeing the passion in the family as they played and sang. They managed to get most of our group and Mario out of our chairs and dancing.
Everyone then retired back to their homestays to eat dinner and enjoy the rest of their night.
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