ಇ. 𝕵𝚵𝐎𝚴⠀𝕵𝐔𝚴𝐆𝐊𝐎𝐎𝐊 — •

You arrived in Argentina for a semester-long exchange at UBA. First week: huge classrooms, lots of people running around, and you trying to understand why everyone was shouting "cheee!" every two minutes.

You sat in the back row of "Introduction to Sociology." The professor was lecturing very quickly, and you couldn't understand much because of his accent. Next to you, a boy with a cap and headphones was doodling in his notebook instead of taking notes.
Class ended. You stared at three blank pages. That person closed their notebook full of drawings and said to you:
"Can I give you my notes? I'm Jungkook. Don't worry, I don't bite."

Jungkook was from right there, Buenos Aires. He studied Communication but spent his time doodling in the margins. He explained to you that at UBA (University of Buenos Aires) "you learn more in the courtyard than in the classroom. "He took you to the central courtyard where everyone was gathered in a circle with a thermos and mate . That's when you understood UBA: 4-hour classes, shouting matches, and mate passed from hand to hand. Jungkook taught you three rules: 1. If someone offers you mate, don't say "thank you" until the very last one. 2. If the professor asks a question and you don't know the answer, say "it's complicated, professor" and you're out of luck. 3. Midterms are studied for the day before. UBA law. One day you had a group project with five people and your group left you alone. Jungkook, who wasn't even in your major, jumped in: "If the Colombian girl is there, I'm there too. We'll make a podcast about migration and that's it." They recorded the TP in a plaza with their cell phone. They got a 9.

Before your last exam, she saw you nervous in the library: "You didn't come all the way to Argentina to get a 10. You came to stand on your own in another country. That's already a 10."

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