Tuesday

I did training for the child study center. we got to observe the bosses son doing the exercises and turns out hes like a baby genious! hes 4 and was talking to us about physics-he actually said the words "momentum and gravity" haha impressive, but unfortunately it took like 30 minutes longer because the ceiling is 4/6 wrong and he kept getting them all right!

then we hiked up to harlem again to do a real interview But the madre again didnt want to stay for 2 hours. she came in with 4 little kids, 2 must have been twins of around age 2 and she didnt want to leave them there for that long, understandable but frustrating for research. another mom didnt want to be videotaped because she was afraid she'd end up on tv. oh well, had another good convo with the researchers, the one who studies school psychology is really interesting.

then i took the crosstown bus and hung out at Borders books until hindi class. Really interesting learned about borderline personality disorder and it explains a lot about some people I have interacted with, characterized by extremes in mood, idolization and then demonization of the same person, its a defense mechanism often caused by a neglected and traumatic childhood. BPD people often are aggressive and accusatory because they have a fear of being rejected.

had hindi class, going frustratingly slowly, i need to bust my ass and listen to the dvds and study extra hard. hasnt really hit me that im going to india yet though.

also passed a ginormous Rat, lol a blow-up one becuase people were protesting un-unionized labor. and walked the wrong way 3 blocks in the freezing cold.
came home and stayed up too late making fried rice.