Funny story:

Ok. So there are about 70 kids in my IFSA program. Every morning so far, all 70 of us have sat for about 2 hours in this huge lecture hall with Mario, the hilarious (and flambuoyant) director of IFSA. Every morning, he goes over various things, such as rules, and things to expect with our host families and Argentine customs in general. Today, there were 6 or 7 kids who were extremely participatory during the lecture. And spoke impeccably good Spanish (but that is normal for this program--there are a lot of kids in the program who are fluent speakers). These kids exchanged names, email addresses, and phone numbers with some of the other kids (still normal). They were cute and well-dressed (also normal). They sat through the whole 2 hour lecture, and at the end, a few of them approached Mario to ask him more questions. That's when the rest of them grabbed the projector (value: $2,000 USD) and walked out of the room! Turns out they were just a bunch of Argentinians disguised as part of our study abroad program! Which also explains the 2 missing purses from yesterdays' lecture!! I know I know, terrible people. But you gotta hand it to them, they are creative!