An Interview with Diego, a 12 Year Old from Sogamoso

Introduction:

Something to note: this interview was conducted in Spanish and then translated into English.:

What do you eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner?:

"For breakfast, eggs with chocolate and bread. Normally for lunch, chicken, rice and potatoes. For dinner, I eat ramen."

**Something to note: "chocolate" refers to hot chocolate that many Colombians drink with breakfast. 

What is your house like?:

"Okay, my house is big. It has a kitchen, a dining room, a living room, two rooms, a studio, three bathrooms and a terrace." 

What chores do you have at home?:

"I usually make the beds and sometimes cook dinner when Mom is working."

What jobs do your parents have?:

"My dad is an engineer for a company, and my mother is a professor of English at a university"

What time does school start, and what time do you go home?:

"I enter school at 6:40am and return at 1:30pm"

How do you get to school? Are you allowed to go to school by yourself?:

"I go in the morning in my mom's car and sometimes she picks me up, and sometimes I go home on the bus with my little brother. "

Where do you eat lunch? What is your favorite food?:

"I eat lunch in my house dining room.

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