SPANISH SCHOOL

Sydney and Joshua started a Spanish class 2 weeks ago. When we registered them in January we were told the classes started on Jan 20th and would run from 8 AM until 12 noon -Monday through Friday - for 5 weeks. Fair enough. Well, the Friday before classes were to start, I heard mumbles that the classes were starting on Monday the 19th, not Tuesday the 20th - and would running from 1pm until 3pm - Monday through Thursday. Mmmmm! That is quite a difference in hours. I got a bunch of calls from other Moms who are also confused. I looked at my registration form, and sure enough, it indicated Monday through Friday, 8am-12pm, starting on the 20th. Well, in order to cope with living here I have learned to lower my expectations, especially around anything that needs organization. I decided to just show up Monday at 8am and encouraged the rest of the Moms to do the same. We showed up and were told that the class was indeed from 1pm-3pm Monday through Thursday. There was a rumbling of upset, but we said, "no problem", but requested that we get ½ our fees back as the classes have been shortened by 50%. That got the director out of her office and involved. The director decided that since we had 10 students on site ready to learn that we could hold a class starting now. This lowered the rumblings of upset considerably. A Spanish teacher suddenly appeared, brought everyone into an class that wasn't set up and started teaching. But this was only to last until 10, when we were told a new decision would be made. Paul and I left and headed over for a quick date over at our favorite coffee place. (Ahhh, 2 hours alone!) When we returned, we were told that 3 different solutions, all of which do not work for anyone, were available to us. By the end of the discussion, it was finally decided - Monday through Thursday, 8am-12pm. Are you exhausted by this entry?Imagine being there. All this work and mix up, and the result? What I was told originally minus Fridays. The kids have just completed their second week, and you should hear them speaking Spanish. The first week they came home with their brains oozing out their ears. I asked them what 2x2 was and they had to think for a bit, and then said 22! They are not as exhausted now, after their second week, which is great seeing as we still have to keep up with homeschooling. Last night they had written all that they had learned on our white board. These brains amaze me. Today, Josh was reading aloud to me in English, but was using the Spanish pronunciations of certain words! We were reading about John Cabot. Josh read this name as “Juan Cavote” as the letter “v” is a soft “b” in Spanish. Made me laugh out loud.

Sorry no pictues on this blog.

Love Lin