So apparantly in Ecuador it is illegal to write with red pen on a students paper.
In the meeting we were all left begging the question ¨Why the heck not?¨.
The bigger question: why are they telling us now as opposed to almost three months ago? There is now a whole grading periods worth of work brazenly scrawled upon with marks of shame.
Oops.
THEN we also found out that even if a student makes ZERO effort they get ten points and not... ZERO? What? And its not as if we are only mean in the US and give zeros. Because Canada and Colombia use them too. And so does everyone else that doesn´t alow kids to squeak by with no responsibility.
And then there was the bank fiasco. Someone forgot to send our sponser letters when four of us went to set up bank accounts. Sooooo only one person walked away with an account. Huge waste of time and money. But at least afterwards we got Papa Johns. Which is amazing here.
Today I hope to consume at least one frozen capuccino at Crepes and Waffles and buy a cookie sheet and bread pan so that I can make gingerbread cookies and and pumpkin bread in the upcomming weeks. I also figures out how to make molasses. You have to buy a hunk of raw cane suger and melt it until it burns slightly, and also throw in some cloves. For my friends back home, Id recommend just buying a bottle. Hah.
Lately I have been trying to find ways around the fact that so many thing are either completely unavailable or break my piggy bank. Like pizza sauce. A tiny jar is like 4 bucks. And when you can buy a weeks worth of food for 30, you almost puke at that price tag. And its not even good sauce. However, you can but tomato paste and add an assortment of spices and make a legit, custom marinara that knocks your socks off. I also plan to make barbeque sauce and cream of mushroom soup. Campbells is 2 dollars a can. I cant justify it. Its amazing how many things we thing are their own entity and cant be made. But the truth is that almost any flavor is composed of the same set of natural spices and herbs and vegatables in differet combinations and amounts. So. Thats good news. Because I really want to make barbeque chicken with some paprika potatos.
Sooo thats pretty much it.
In the meeting we were all left begging the question ¨Why the heck not?¨.
The bigger question: why are they telling us now as opposed to almost three months ago? There is now a whole grading periods worth of work brazenly scrawled upon with marks of shame.
Oops.
THEN we also found out that even if a student makes ZERO effort they get ten points and not... ZERO? What? And its not as if we are only mean in the US and give zeros. Because Canada and Colombia use them too. And so does everyone else that doesn´t alow kids to squeak by with no responsibility.
And then there was the bank fiasco. Someone forgot to send our sponser letters when four of us went to set up bank accounts. Sooooo only one person walked away with an account. Huge waste of time and money. But at least afterwards we got Papa Johns. Which is amazing here.
Today I hope to consume at least one frozen capuccino at Crepes and Waffles and buy a cookie sheet and bread pan so that I can make gingerbread cookies and and pumpkin bread in the upcomming weeks. I also figures out how to make molasses. You have to buy a hunk of raw cane suger and melt it until it burns slightly, and also throw in some cloves. For my friends back home, Id recommend just buying a bottle. Hah.
Lately I have been trying to find ways around the fact that so many thing are either completely unavailable or break my piggy bank. Like pizza sauce. A tiny jar is like 4 bucks. And when you can buy a weeks worth of food for 30, you almost puke at that price tag. And its not even good sauce. However, you can but tomato paste and add an assortment of spices and make a legit, custom marinara that knocks your socks off. I also plan to make barbeque sauce and cream of mushroom soup. Campbells is 2 dollars a can. I cant justify it. Its amazing how many things we thing are their own entity and cant be made. But the truth is that almost any flavor is composed of the same set of natural spices and herbs and vegatables in differet combinations and amounts. So. Thats good news. Because I really want to make barbeque chicken with some paprika potatos.
Sooo thats pretty much it.
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