Patine Performance

  School seemed to fly by last week but maybe that has something to do with Primavera. Due to the fact that almost all of my classmates would still be in Claromeco on Monday my parents let me sleep in and not go to school. My dad was very encouraging on how I shouldn't go to school. I think that has something to due with the fact that when I go to school he has to wake up to open the door for me. None the less it was a good call because only three students in my class came to school Monday.

  However I decided to go Tuesday because a few of my friends were going to be back. They drove from Claromeco to school that morning. I asked my friend JoJo how much sleep she got, she responded with less than twenty minutes and then went to sleep at her desk. I should of just stayed in bed because we did nothing in class any of my classes. Padre Alexander the priest in charge of my school sat there and drank Mate with us for a little bit before he just walked away. My Culture teacher let us paint in class. My English teacher just never came giving us a free period. We didn't even have Gym class. Instead they just let us go home early. 

  The following day we didn't have school because it was Primavera (the first day of spring)!  Mancy school's get the first day of spring off. My sister's had to go to school but for my littlest sister, Aracelli, she got to go get Icecream in class and my other sister her class threw some kind of part with cake, dancing, and karoke. So I really only had to sit through real class for Thursday and Friday. I forgot to mention that on Friday's I only go to class for three hours. Biologìa, Computaciòn (a.k.a. facebook class) and Fisica. 

  Speaking of class I'm not sure if I ever explained my schedule here. 

    -LUNES (Monday)

        Antropologìa

        Matemàtica

        Fisica

        Biologìa

        Lengua

        Deontologìa 

   -MARTES (Tuesday)

        Antropologìa 

        Cultura

        Cultura

        E.D. Fisca

        Inglès

  -MIERCOLES (Wednesday)

        Inglès 

        Provecto

        Provecto

        Biologìa

        Quinica

        Lengua

  -JUEVES (Thursday)

        Provecto

        Deontologìa

        Matematìca

         E.D. Fisica

         Lengua

     -VIERNES (Friday)

          Biologìa

          Computaciòn 

          Fisica 

  So each class is about an hour long. We also have breaks which are essentially recesses because they make you go outside just like in elementary school. The little kids play games but the high school kids normally just sit down somewhere on the ground outside and try to stay warm while they talk. They also have a snack stand thing where you can buy all type of food. I also discovered that the bathrooms in the school do not have any toilet paper. The only one that does is the teacher`s bathroom. 

  It was nice having all my friends back at school Thursday. I didn`t go to the Disco this weekend because my friends were a little party out from 6 days of non stop celebrating all day and all night. I did however drive around and get ice cream with them and just hang out. However all my friends are about to leave again. My class this week on the 28th are going on their class trip they have been planning through a travel agency for the past two years. They are traveling to Bariloche a city in the South of Argentina. They will be there until the 8th of October. Two of my friends aren`t going on the class trip but they are leaving for Miami with their family instead. So it looks like another fairly lonely week here in Tres Arroyos. I`m not sure if I will have to go to school or not while they are gone. My friend Leyla told me they would probably just let me skip because they won`t have class for one person. It would be a waste of time if they do just for me because I don`t even know what they are saying 90% of the time. I suppose we will see what Padre Alexander says tomorrow. The good thing about this trip for me is that kids from other schools and the grade below me will be here unlike last week. 

  Due to Primavera I haven`t had very many exciting adventures I`ve just been hanging out. I am however going to Ceramics class with my sister Ana. The first day I worked on a mug and plate. However last Tuesday the teacher taught me how to use the wheel. Of course she helped me a lot with it but I made a Mate cup. They all need painted and cooked (not sure what is the proper term). I think I`m going to paint them this week. I really enjoy the class. My teacher speak a little English. All the rest of the kids are really little and one old grandma who always makes birds and now me. I kinda wish I would of taken more art classes back at home. I really like crafting. 

  Besides the spinning wheel the other exciting thing of my week was last night when I went to my littlest sister`s Patine (Roller Skating) Performance. I took roller skating lessons when I was little but they put on a full show. They were all dressed up in costumes and had to make various changes. It reminded me of what I would assume an ice skating show would look like. It was really interesting and long to watch. The performance started at 8 pm and we did not get home till about 12 am I think! I tried taking a few pictures but it was really hard to get. My camera was not cooperating with me and it was almost impossible to get a good picture of Aracelli.

Memà (the grandmother of Aracelli) putting on her makeup for the performance

during a break they had other performance like the clowns. This picture is of a traditional Argentinan dance. The men in the picture are dressed as traditional Gaucho`s

                                  Aracelli and my host mom after the performance. Aracelli was VERY tired!