Today one of my co-teachers was introducing me to her kindergarten class She told them that I lived really really far away, and one little boy looked up and asked, "¿Ha venido de Zaragoza?" "Even further," she told them, and a second kid asked, "¿¿Pamplona??" If you're not familiar with Spanish geography, Zaragoza is a big city about 50 miles from here. And Pamplona, the capital of Navarra, is about the same distance away. It´s crazy seeing the world through these kids' eyes: Far away means you can't walk to it. The distance between the United States and Spain is incomprehensible for them.
I guess, though, it's incomprehensible for me, as well. Every time I've showed one of my classes where the United States is on a map of the world, I'm amazed by how huge the Atlantic Ocean is and by how far away it seems. Our world can feel so small thanks to international flights and the internet. I still text my friends and call my parents and it's easy to forget I'm 3500 miles away from home. Distance is a funny thing.
In other news, a 3 year old told me I was guapa today. He also grabbed my hand as soon as I walked into the classroom and insisted on sitting next to me the whole class. Now if I could just find a 23-year-old who feels the same way ;)
You will, you will and it probably won't take you nearly as long as it took me!
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