Done with classes!

Whoop I am officially done with all of my work! I am free! So, to celebrate, I'm flying down to Ushuaia (the southernmost city in the world) after visiting Calafate (with glaciers) and Rio Gallegos (just a pit stop). I just got back from Uruguay. It was great to lie on the beach after being in my room writing final papers and studying for finals for the last week and a half. According to the locals there is a hole in the ozone right above Argentina and Uruguay so the sun is stronger, so I'm going to use that as my excuse for burning a little bit!
On a side note, apparently study abroad is supposed to boost your GPA, but I'm not sure that's going to happen here. With the grade conversions of the program, you basically have to get a 10 to get an A in a class, and NO ONE gets 10s. So I'm not really sure how that works, but I've adopted the Latin way of thinking about it and am not super stressed. Or at least I won't be until I get back to the US and have to do OCR!
Its kind of funny how relaxed things are here. Arriving 20 minutes (even an hour) late to class is completely normal, and the kids are concerned more with passing than with getting high marks. Apparently its due to the fact that there isn't really a reward for hard work. All of the professions earn roughly the same amount of money and have the same degree of prestige now. According to my host mom, this all started with Menem in the 90s with his "pizza and champagne" campaign. Not sure I get how it started completely, but its an interesting difference.
In the program I am in you can enroll in classes at 4 different universities plus take classes at the program office. I ended up taking 2 classes at UBA, the giant public school, and 1 class at UCA the Catholic private school, in addition to the required "Spanish maitenance" class at the program office. My favorite was Argentine Political and Economic Geography, but Latinamerican Politics was pretty good, as was Communication, Mass Media, and Social Movement.
I can't believe that I'll be home in less than 2 weeks. I've really started to fall in love with Buenos Aires and it feels like home. Things I'll miss, besides my friends, are the sky (its soooo big here), the "beso" greeting and farewell, cafes, the blue flower trees, the ridiculously late nights, the relaxed attitude, being able to buy a 5 course meal for under 15 dollars, public transport (odd I know), palm trees, reggaeton, and choripan. I'm going to have some major culture shock when I get back!