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[ThatOneLittleBunni]

Hello everyone, I'm Ahyoung.
I've been in Buenos Aires before, about 4 years in total.
And now I'm about to move back to Argentina again, right after 3rd quarter as a junior in high school from Jersey....
It's seriously depressing xD
I honestly have no idea what my parents plan on doing for my education, but as far as free time..
We all know how there's not that much to do.. ><
So.. any suggestions?
I mean I'm kinda hoping that something's new and different from how I left Argentina back in 2011, but I'm not betting on it...
Sooo... what's new this year and season?

 

[mulderfox]

night clubs?

 

[Xeneizes]

"We all know there's not much to do" ?????

Not really sure where that came from. BA has so many things to do.

 

[syngirl]

Hmm BA vs Jersey, not much to do?? Especially when here you can go to a boliche and in the States no way for another few years. What are you looking to do, boliches not your thing? Well there's live music everywhere, for every taste, from penhas to reggae, rock, metal, electronica, whatever. What is it that you like to do? What is it you like to do in jersey that you think you can't do here? And what will your parents let you do / not let you do that s making you miserable about the thought of buenos aires?

 

[ThatOneLittleBunni]

Hmm well lol I don't know. I've mostly grew up in Ridgewood, NJ where it's basically a town in the suburbs. I guess I'm so used to skating when I want to, or going out to close malls and towns to really I don't know, settle here. Clubs, bars, yes that's the usual of so I've heard but I mean during the daytime. What do you guys do? Where do you go? It's the difference itself in general that makes me get so lost, and hm..
School. I've missed 7th and 8th grade because of their recklessness and moving around, half of my sophomore year and leaving NJ with 2 months until the end of Junior year, that's really hard. I don't know any schools besides Lincoln that's even remotely close to an American school system, or even a British one for that matter. I do plan on going to a university in England, so yes other schools might actually be better but I don't have enough time until college app time and things to attend a bilingual school and expect to pass. I have no idea what I'm doing here and I don't know where to meet people that don't look at me blankly when I speak english either :S

 

[syngirl]

Hmm well lol I don't know. I've mostly grew up in Ridgewood, NJ where it's basically a town in the suburbs. I guess I'm so used to skating when I want to, or going out to close malls and towns to really I don't know, settle here. Clubs, bars, yes that's the usual of so I've heard but I mean during the daytime. What do you guys do? Where do you go? It's the difference itself in general that makes me get so lost, and hm..
School. I've missed 7th and 8th grade because of their recklessness and moving around, half of my sophomore year and leaving NJ with 2 months until the end of Junior year, that's really hard. I don't know any schools besides Lincoln that's even remotely close to an American school system, or even a British one for that matter. I do plan on going to a university in England, so yes other schools might actually be better but I don't have enough time until college app time and things to attend a bilingual school and expect to pass. I have no idea what I'm doing here and I don't know where to meet people that don't look at me blankly when I speak english either :S

Where are you living? By skating do you mean 1)ice skating, 2) roller blading or 3) skateboarding? There's tonnes of people by the Rosedal every night on roller blads, tonnes, set up cones, do tricks etc. There's a far few guys skateboarding, but there are better skate parks around. There's people playing roller hockey there too. If it's isce cskating, there's a few rinks, one on Cabildo. If it's shopping malls you are looking for, there's a million of them here. 3 most popular ones for someone your age group I would say Unicenter in Martinez, DOT on the Saavedra border, and Alto Palermo. In Las Canitas Soler. There's all sorts of young people who absolutely love to hang out at Starbucks after class.

Unfortunately on the schooling front, it's not great news. Because if you're finishing your education in Argentina before going off to university you are going to have no choice but to pass the Argentine exams. Which means, you're going to have to enroll in a bilingual school. Lincoln as far as I know runs to the US calendar year, but even their students have to pass the exams necessary to get an Argentine High School Diploma. The only other way I could think around it would be to see if you could do online IB or Cambridge Exams to qualify for a diploma via the UK, if that's where you think you will go to university. Unfortunately an online course isn't going to solve the social life bit, which kind of sucks. So maybe you need to try and take some classes outside of the house too then, music or art/theatre something like that, but yes, finding Argentines that are fluent in english is goping to be difficult. You could join one of the clubs in either Zona Norte (sports clubs I'm talking about) or Club de los Amigos, GEBA, something like that.

If you've missed 7th and 8th grade, have you recuperated those years somehow? Because if you haven't, I wouldn't worry about missing your college application deadlines, since you'll need those under your belt before you apply. It sounds like you may have some holes in your high schols education that you need to fill before you can think about college, and perhaps a few years of stability in the same high school wouldn't be the worse thing? Have a look around schools in Belgrano, there are a tonne of bilingual schools, and you could get tutoring in Spanish to help you catch up on that front.

It sounds like a bit of a sucky situation, and unfortunately there are not a lot of people on this board who are your age, so with luck there will maybe be some parents on here who have better ideas based on what their kids are going through! Good luck with everything though, it's a stage in life, it'll pass, just focus on what you want in the longterm

 

[PhilipDT]

but yes, finding Argentines that are fluent in english is goping to be difficult.

Really? Are you joking? I take classes (in spanish) at a local university here and I'd say that 80% of the professors are completely fluent in english and the other 20% vary from conversation capable to almost fluent. In the student body more than half are fluent and its rare to find anyone without any fundamentals.

Based on what's been posted here, I'm guessing that the social stratum in which our whiny teenage friend will find herself will not be one bereft of English speakers.

 

[ThatOneLittleBunni]

Really? Are you joking? I take classes (in spanish) at a local university here and I'd say that 80% of the professors are completely fluent in english and the other 20% vary from conversation capable to almost fluent. In the student body more than half are fluent and its rare to find anyone without any fundamentals.

Based on what's been posted here, I'm guessing that the social stratum in which our whiny teenage friend will find herself will not be one bereft of English speakers.

Not even going to try to pretend like that wasn't offensive. Sorry, but you don't know me. There's a lot of things you don't know about me. You don't get the right to judge me just based on what you think you know, no matter how "well" you can read people.
Easy for you to say, find one university filled with those kind of people that accepts people without a high school diploma and I'll say you're right.
But don't disregard what I've said based on the routes you think you know, because frankly you have no idea. Trust. Me.

And as for the post before, yeah, I mean I was able to go into freshmen year and pass that with a 3.6 GPA so they didn't necessarily need my 7th and 8th grade academic proof. I just need the high school diploma, SAT scores along with AP test scores.
Thank you though, means a lot I guess I'll have to dig up more on the school systems and see what I can do :S

 

[robwerwe]

Not even going to try to pretend like that wasn't offensive. Sorry, but you don't know me. There's a lot of things you don't know about me

Me me me me me = ZZZZZZzzz

 

[robwerwe]

Not even going to try to pretend like that wasn't offensive. Sorry, but you don't know me. There's a lot of things you don't know about me. You don't get the right to judge me just based on what you think you know, no matter how "well" you can read people.
Easy for you to say, find one university filled with those kind of people that accepts people without a high school diploma and I'll say you're right.
But don't disregard what I've said based on the routes you think you know, because frankly you have no idea. Trust. Me.

And as for the post before, yeah, I mean I was able to go into freshmen year and pass that with a 3.6 GPA so they didn't necessarily need my 7th and 8th grade academic proof. I just need the high school diploma, SAT scores along with AP test scores.
Thank you though, means a lot I guess I'll have to dig up more on the school systems and see what I can do :S

You might want to improve your English before applying to a University.