I'm Blonde??

This is the class Gira. I am about in the middle with the blue dress, American flag, and blonde hair! I am also a lot taller than most people…

If you know me, you know that I am not even close to having blonde hair-I am a fairly dark brunette. When i came to Chile, knowing that the majority of Chileans have dark hair, I thought, “Hey , this will be kind of nice-I’ll initially be able to blend in as a Chilean easier because I already have the right hair color.” Well it turns out I’m not the brunette I thought I was…

The other day in my Language class, the Profe was talking about unfair generalizations. As as example she said, “An unfair generalization is something like, ‘Blondes are dumb.’” Then she said, “No offense Stephanie.” Huh? Why was she directing that at me? Did I just misunderstand what she said? Or did she just suggest that I was blonde? Then later that day, a couple of my classmates and I were in the bathroom brushing our teeth after lunch, and one girl said, “Stephanie your hair is so beautiful! I wish I had blonde hair.” My hair? Are you

talking to me? Still completely confused, the next morning at breakfast, my little brother was wearing a bright blonde Hannah Montana wig he borrowed from his friend-who knows why? My sister asked him why he was wearing a blonde wig, and he replied, “Because I want to have hair like Stephanie’s!” ALRIGHT THAT’S IT. Why does everyone keep saying I have blonde hair?! “Uh, because you ARE blonde,” said my sister. “You’re not as blonde as the wig, but compared to the average Chilean hair color, your hair is really blonde.”

Three days ago, my friend Rocio made the class “Gira,” which is a cartoon of everyone in the class. She drew everyone with brown hair—except me! I have blonde hair, and am proudly holding my American flag.

Fun Fact: I was talking about coffee with some friends the other day at lunch and I said I didn’t like coffee, but I liked the occasional frappuccino at Starbucks. And they didn’t know what Starbucks was! I thought Starbucks was a universal thing, but I guess it isn’t! I was very surprised, just because there are sosososossooooo many in the US. There is also no Jamba Juice:(

Thanks for reading!!

xoxo

Stephanie