School Celebrities

First Day of School

Our children are school celebrities now. I think the teachers must all be going out of their minds with all the ruckus of the new kids in town. The Knutz’s are no longer “no bodies” in La Haucana. We can walk through the plaza now and the kids come up to us to talk. They want to talk to the white English teacher.

The school principle asked for all our kids official paperwork and grades, etc.. The school has been open for 28 years now and never have they had white kids in attendance. He wants them to go on record. My kids reported, “Now all the kids know where we live!” They had followed them home from school and sat outside our garage door gates for a couple hours. They are walking by regularly to see what’s up. Since we have no windows, they can hear us and we can hear them.

My children are coming home from school completely spent. Right now, an afternoon siesta is imperative. Sitting in seven Spanish speaking classes a day requires a lot of brain power. The constant attention is exhausting as well. School starts early at 7 AM. The eat breakfast at school at 10 AM and then return home at 1 PM. I have never seen my kids so tired in their lives!

Mike is taking pictures at the school. Currently he knows much more about the school system and will be posting about that. I have yet to go to help at the school. I plan to go a day or two a week. Keeping up on shopping, cooking and cleaning here at home is more work than at home in Oregon. Because everyone else is in school, their knowledge is growing much faster than mine. ~T