Our First Class

WOW! Today we had our first class session and it was a little rough... if you didn't know an ounce of Spanish, like me, you'd know what I'm talking about because the Professor spoke strictly Spanish. The downfalls for me were that I have never taken a Spanish class a day in my life and I already know three other languages: English, Hmong, and Sign Language. The Professor's strategy is excellent except that she spoke too fast for me to separate and understand each of the words. Hopefully things will start to unravel and I will just magically start speaking Spanish. We also visited La Ciudad del Saber (the City of Knowledge) where the Health Department of USF has its own building. Doctor Arlene Calvo, a USF alumni and director of the Health Department in Panama, gave us a lot of information about Panama and its advantages. Also, she told us about how La Ciudad del Saber was formed and what the USF Health Department did. I learned a whole bunch of new things... lucky this is only the third day here because I want to absorb as much of Panama as I can before I come back home.

Teng Vang

BBN Student