After leaving class on Thursday, one thing remained on my mind. Many people were criticizing the techinque Ghosh used in creating an Indian character who has no experience living in India or being tangled in Indian culture.

In my field placement I work with 10 or so bilingual 3rd and 4th graders. My most interesting interaction from my first day was with a 9 year old girl, Sofia. Sofia was working one on one in Spanish with a Columbian volunteer, Mariela. Mariela was talking her through her math homework in Spanish because Sofia felt more comfortable in Spanish than in English. When Sofia was done, she asked me  if I would play guess who with her. We played like 10 rounds of Guess Who and I was so sick of it by the end, but I think she would have continued to play forever if I hadn’t had to use the restroom. It's kind of crazy how much energy she had!

Visiting the bench by Pensby center was a strange experience. Purple Finch was right in saying that it "feels distant and removed from the rest of campus." It felt like I was staring at an exit or entrance, like I was outside of where all of the action was happening. The site had so much going on. People were going up and down the stairway, the lacrosse team was holding practice; there was no one place you could look at without missing something else. At times, I felt misplaced. I wasn't supposed to be there, but not because this wasn't my site. I couldn't face forward or I felt like I was intruding in on the lacrosse practice. But, when I turned sideways, I was facing the stairway and facing people as they walked by.