Wow... so much happened.
Well as I sit here, I am amazed at how much fun we have been having at Costa Rica. As a new plane flyer, I was a little nervous, but I made it through fine. As the trip progressed we did amazing things but the most amazing activity was visiting the school students in Costa Rica. It was sooooo sad to see them go and I almost cried because the connection that we made with all of them was just beyond words. In terms of the weather and atmosphere around here, it is hot'ish with a lot of humidity. When we were in Poas (a volcanic area) located about an hour outside of San Jose my jacket had so much moisture in it. Today was a day of hope for the people of Costa Rica in our minds because we meet leaders of P.A.C., a Costa Rican political party that is in favor of a change towards a more viajo pais (young country). A hot topic in Costa Rica is the Central American Free Trade Agreement. Many groups call this possible agreement between the US and Central American countries, TLC. As I was walking down the street I could see many echos against TLC including a persona' de Costa Rica (person of Costa Rica) yelling "
¡No T L C ere!" (No TLC here) which was great. Well I need to go because mr. Dubas is yelling at me to go to bed. Good night. Hasta manana (until tomorrow).
posted by Joe Lipinski @ 2:27 PM
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Joe and All,
I love that you all had an opportunity to meet city students your age. Were you able to see any classrooms or make any interesting comparisons between the education they are getting versus City High?
One thing I noticed at the elementary school we visited last year was that they had much more explicit religious and moral statements posted in the schools and the focus seemed to be as much on character as on academics. Do you observe anything like this at the high school?
Be well,
Mr. O
Dear Mr. O,
From what we seen in the school certain classrooms had much religious influence such as the machine shop class where you could see a lot of Christian type of shop work but in other classes, it seemed pretty devoid of religion. Also in the school in La Carpio, they had quite a few English posters which really surprised me. I hope this helps you.
Joe
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