Not your typical weekend, by Kohler

Friday at school began like any other day at school. We arrived at around 7:30 and spent a few minutes chatting idly with our friends before attending the routine recitation of the anthem. Then, as the Argentine students went about their classes for the first hour and a half of school, we worked in the school’s computer lab on our future presentation of Martin Luther King and his legacy.

Next, after a brief 10 minute break, we moved to the preschoolers building, where we taught three separate classes of children, 1 of 4 year olds and 2 of 5 year olds, typical children’s songs and dances (Hokey Pokey, Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes, Simon Says, Heads Up, Seven Up, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Old McDonald, etc). After an hour of that, we had another 10 minute break, during which we were able to catch the first few minutes of the first match of the World Cup.

Next, we had an interesting encounter with some students from another school, as they were part of a dance club and performed the “Gato” dance, a traditional Argentine dance, for us, before welcoming us to join in, which many of us, reluctantly, did. A very interesting experience.

Finally, school ended and we all returned to our respective homes to eat lunch, welcome the arriving Trinity students, and sleep for the rest of the day as there were no afternoon classes and we needed to get some rest before going to the Boliche.

At around 10:00pm, we got up and had a brief dinner before leaving for the “previa” at Mati’s house, a sort of pre-cursor to the Boliche. We hung out there and left for the boliche at around 2:00am.

Upon arriving at the Boliche, we all got back together in a group and entered. Inside it was insane. Music was blaring, it was packed and there were flashing lights and lasers were all over the place. We danced and hung out there til around 6:00am although some left earlier while others left later. We finally got back home and into our super comfy beds at around 6:30, where we slept until about 11:30.

At around 11:30, we got up again and left for Guille’s house, where we met up with all the Argentines and Americans to watch 2 world cup matches (Argentina vs. Nigeria, where Arg. won 1-0, and US vs. England, where they tied 1-1), eat lunch, and play LOTS of soccer. We stayed there til probably around 5:00, before returning home once more to catch up on the remainder of our missing sleep and continue on with our weekend.

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On Monday, we depart for the town of Rosario at 6:00am. Rosario is one of the main towns in the province of Santa Fe. Many kids go to Rosario for university studies after graduating from the secundaria in Rafaela. We will be arriving home around 5:00 or 6:00 in the evening.