Tomorrow is El dia de la Batalla de Boyocá (The Battle of Boyocá Day) here in Colombia. It is also the first day of school for students at El Camino Academy. Just as the battle of Boyocá gained Colombia’s independence from imperial Spain 190 years ago, so will tomorrow mark the students’ independence from the oppression of summer break. I am sure you appreciate this parallelism as well as the students do.
Tomorrow is a half day, filled mostly with a picnic for students, parents, and staff. There will also be an hour’s worth of classes, meaning that I will see my Algebra II students for ten minutes.
I apologize for not updating recently; I’ve been quite busy preparing for classes to start, attending meetings, addressing people’s computer problems, attending meetings, practicing my Spanish, being ribbed for my Argentine accent, attending meetings, eating many new types of food (particularly fruit), drinking many kinds of juice, attending meetings, and living out of a suitcase in three different homes.
Also, I’ve had a few meetings.
I hope you are all doing well. I’ll try to post some pictures soon.