Dia del estudiante!

           Many people have been under the impression that I don't do that much work here.... well, I guess that's kind of true. I haven't done much school work YET because we haven't had much school! First of all, there are a lot more holidays here then there are in the States. They have a children day, where all of the kids get presents, and a family day, and a student day. This Wednesday is student day, it is also the first day of Spring. For the past week or so my grade hasn't really had much classes because one, a lot of our teachers are on vacation, and two, my grade is in charge of planning and preparing for the fiesta that takes place on Tuesday. I love the way the school organizes everything. The "junior class" or segundo grado is charge of planning all of the fiestas and events for the year. The events are meant to be a way to raise money for the grade to go on there "senior trip" to Bariloche. Almost every single school in Argentina has a senior trip, and they all go to Bariloche.

Not only is it beautiful, but you can ski and it is also home to the best clubs around, which everyone knows is the real reason they go there. My host brother just got back from their trip because he is in the grade above me. His grade did exactly what my grade is doing, last year. 

          Take a look at the flowers on the hanging off the balcony.. The entire school worked to make flowers out of tissue paper and my class tied them together and hung them. It ended up looking beautiful and really set made it feel like the first day of Spring.

          Student day started at 8:30am and went until 5pm. It is basically like a giant expanded version of class spirit day at Classical. Each class has to do a bunch of things in order to win points. The first category is their house. Each class builds a tent like structure or something that represents their theme. The class I was in charge of did the Simpsons. They had the coach, the TV, and even a kid dressed up as Homer. There were other houses like, the indians, pirates, and wizards, and the Charlie and the Chocolate factory and Alice in Wonderland. All of them were so good! I was shocked at how much effort they put into it. It had me thinking, if we did something like this at Classical, would people actually try that hard.... ? 

           The next thing they could do to win points is their grand entrance. The object is to use as much confetti, smoke, and signs as you could. (We would never be able to do this at Classical, ever!) 

(colored smoke... definitely would be a liability.)

(And confetti... LOTS AND LOTS OF IT! That wouldn't be allowed cause no one wants to clean up the mess, let's be honest. ) This is the picture of my host sister Rosario's class, they were the cave men :)

             Next was the class dances! :D This was my favorite part. It seams like EVERYONE can dance here, and not just dance, but dance very well. Each class put together a dance... most of them were Reggaeton or Cumbia, but there was one that was set to Katy Perry's Hot and Cold.

(In my opinion these girls were the best! Wish I had gotten it on film! Sorry!)

All of the girls in my grade are also preparing a dance, but we don't perform until Oct. 21st. Now that, I will get on tape :) We practice every Tuesday and Thursday. I'm very exited! The girls are very surprised at how quickly I picked up the choreography... lol I even shocked myself!

           And the last major thing you can do to win points is the student queen contest. Yes, it sounds a little superficial... but i guess it kind of is. First, they vote who they think is the best looking girl from each grade and who desires to be queen, and then those girls go to compete with the whole school. All of the girls looked amazing. In most schools, the winner will go on to compete nationally, but my school doesn't. My friend María José won last year, so as queen, she got to pass down the crown. 

The old King and Queen...

And the new Queen and princesses... :D Im not really sure what happened with the King.

Overall, Student day was great and I think we should have it in the US! :D My school is absolutely great and I really like it! It is more then a school and more like another family. Everyone is so kind and caring... I will definitely miss this when I go back to the States. I realized Today (Thursday), just how different my school here is from home. One, everything is outdoors, two, you have 11 different subjects, and three, people are very friendly:) -cough, cough- Not trying to say that people at home aren't "friendly" or anything... nut maybe they could learn something. 

This is a video of all of the students gathered in the court yard!

CRAZY RIGHT???