Red, White and Blue

Even though I’m technically a teacher here in Monteverde, I think I learn more than the students. I learn something new about the people and the culture of Costa Rica every single day. For example, did you know that most of the countries in Central America, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, celebrate September 15 as their independence day and all except Costa Rica have a white and blue flag? I learned all this while sitting in the kids’ social studies class. As you can see, I’m learning lots.

In order to celebrate “el quince de septiembre,” the kids in our school participated in the Annual Independence Day Parade. The day consisted of a patriotic program in the gym (when I say gym, I’m referring to the local high school gym which happens to be the only gym in town) and a parade around downtown. To get the right idea, you have to remember that “downtown” is only one, triangular shaped block. As you can imagine, the parade went pretty quickly.

The weather was great, the program was fun and the kids did well. What more could you ask for?