Oh, the burdens of being a teacher!

I really enjoy my pre-kinder to eigth grade classes because they don´t ask me questions like, ¨What´s a blow-job?¨ or ¨What´s a hand-job?¨

When I was leaving my ninth grade class, a student standing by the door said, ¨Hi, Miss!¨ I knew he was one of the sassy-er students but I decided to be nice and patient with him by asking him what he was listening to in his mp3 player. I didn´t understand the name of the group but he said it´s ¨hìp-hop¨or ¨ghetto.¨ Pues, I said, ¨Ciao¨ and walked away. Then he yelled, ¨What´s a blow-job? What´s a hand-job?¨I just continued to walk and ignored it. What was I suppose to do or say? ¨They are terms that you already know and therefore requries no explanation from me.¨

Chapa Verde

About three weeks ago, Melissa and I went to a private mountain for an overnight ski trip- gratis. Melissa has befriended her school's librarian who invited us to come with her and her friends to Chapa Verde where we snowboarded for free! Chapa Verde is south of Santiago, about three hours away. We only intended to stay for the day but we were invited to stay overnight and so we took up their offer! We met such awesome and wonderful Chileans that night and had a such a great time.

Leaving Rancagua

The mining town of Sewell

I'm ready to tackle the Andes

Strapped in.

The wonderful Chapa Verde crew! We partied that night...


Melissa & I with the Chapa instructors



Melissa, Cathy and I



Dance party up in heerrrr


party in the mountain


Lovely.

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