Monday, May 28, 2007

Monday morning feeling fine

A beautiful day here again after a foggy start. You see these things if you have walked a couple of kms to school and are in class by 7am!
The school I was at this morning is going through a critical time and there is a meeting of all the teachers tonight to hear about the school´s and their own future. Last year the administrator siphoned off most of the fees into his own pocket and now the situation at the school is really drastic. Monica and others will know tonight if they still have a job next year or if the school has to close. It is a very stressful time and all at the school are showing the signs. Here´s hoping for a good outcome tonight or it is going to be a rough few days until Friday (for me) and beyond for those involved. Jobs are not easy to come by here and so I´m not sure what the staff will do if the school closes.
I came home around midday as the washer woman was coming to do the laundry. I have been looking after my own clothes but as we had been away all weekend, my pile of washing was reasonably large. Louisa comes once a week and for 5 pesos handwashes everything you leave out for her. I had to be at home to pay her as Monica works until 2pm on a Monday.
Most people are very clean here. The shop keepers wash and scrub the footpath outside their shops every day and many house owners do the same with the footpath outside their house.
On the other hand, males (only ones I have actually seen) continually spit on the ground, no worries at all, and heaps of people just throw their rubbish on the ground. Quite opposite actions.
I think this week will be rather quiet leading up to my departure on Friday, just as well after a hectic weekend.
Will try and send off a couple more blogs before then.
Hasta luego
Viv

1 comment:

hungryandfrozen said...

My goodness, the administrator sounds a very dodgy! I hope the school carries on. So these are your last few days in Argentina! Tim and I are up to our eyeballs in uni, we are halfway through a solid month of assignments. V depressing. Sounds like you are still having fun, I'm sure when you get back to NZ it will all seem a million years ago! Have a good week :) Laura XO