The nuts and bolts

School is out in less than two months. This must be the thought, along with "class is out in 36 minutes" that reverberates in the heads of the seniors sitting in my class every other afternoon. We're talking about ecological footprints, global climate change, carbon cycling, plodding through discussions I've carefully planned out but I'm coming to terms with where my students are often at. I'm finding that Argentine students aren't all that different than Washington students in this regard. In fact, concerning the discussions above, I'm finding that kids and adults of virtually any developed/industrialized nations come from similar households.

The backdrop of these private-school attendee's lives is varied. Our conversation today included stories of life in the Dominican Republic, where "to get from one place to another people walk and those who can, drive." Argentina has a similar collection of have's, many of whom attend my school, and have-not's, often living nearly shoulder to shoulder. It's hard to gauge how 17-year-old's are registering their experiences living in multiple countries and seeing these contrasts.

Here's a collection of pictures I've taken around the city. I'm hoping to float over to Uruguay in the next couple weeks so check it out for updates: http://picasaweb.google.com/diggitydow/AboutTown

I'll be dissecting fetal pigs with Adv Bio students saturday, but I don't expect to be posting photo's of this. Eesh.