On a clear day, you can see the snowcapped Andes in the distance. They look spectacular! But, today, because I had to hurry home, I didn´t take as much time to enjoy them.
School was a short and easy day today. Most of my classes are held after school. So, today, we had discussion hour. We started out talking about whether or not a person should be able to vote at 16 years old and moved into discussion about next weeks events.
Next week, students have an exhibition. The students ¨show off¨their specialty. So the tourism students are making maps, models, tour books, etc, to promote their specialty. It will be fun to see how this goes...it is on Tuesday next week.
The exhibition is in the morning and then there is a Cueca contest in the afternoon. Cueca is the national dance. So students will compete to see who will go to the city competition, then the regional, and then the national contest. Ultimately, September 18th is independence day (from Spain) and this will be a day of dancing cueca, eating empanadas, drinking wine, and whatever else. September is the only month Chileans fly the CHilean flag, because it is the month of independence (just thought that was interesting).
Anyway, this conversation led into questions about the national dance of the USA, of which, as far as I know, we don´t have one. But, I decided to explain to them the different kinds of dances. Well, I threw in a couple of not so fabulous examples..then I got to thinking about breakdancing and rememebered I had one move I could do. SO, of course I wanted to show them. WELL, as I squatted down my knees cracked and the students made the...ooh...comment. Then, as I extended my one leg out, I realized my left knee is weaker than I like to think...but I continued with my move only to appear to look like a duck with one leg, maybe. It was ridiculus! What is this getting old crap?! The students laughed, thankfully. Then, I realized I was going to be late for lunch...so I hurried home on my stiff knee. :)
Gotta go!
jami
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Maybe you should have shown them some square dancing instead? Maybe not as hard on the knees!
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